{"id":6535,"date":"2013-01-07T07:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T06:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hj.ekmsandbox.se\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2013-01-07T07:17:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T06:17:06","slug":"virkade-vaskor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/2013\/virkade-vaskor\/","title":{"rendered":"Virkade v\u00e4skor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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V\u00e4ska fr\u00e5n Chicumbuso. Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

En sak som jag inte har ber\u00e4ttat fr\u00e5n fotograferingen i Trollb\u00e4ckens f\u00f6rsamling p\u00e5 Tyres\u00f6 sent i h\u00f6stas \u00e4r att det var v\u00e4skutst\u00e4llning n\u00e4r vi var d\u00e4r. Inte vilka v\u00e4skor som helst — v\u00e4skor fr\u00e5n Zambia!<\/p>\n

Lilla Theas mamma Martina<\/strong> hade n\u00e4mligen varit i Zambia f\u00f6r att h\u00e4lsa p\u00e5 v\u00e4nner som arbetade d\u00e4r ett tag, kommit i kontakt med hj\u00e4lporganisationen Chicumbuso <\/a>och blivit s\u00e5 fascinerad av dess arbete att hon best\u00e4mde sig f\u00f6r att st\u00f6tta den genom att s\u00e4lja dess produkter i Sverige. Hon kom allts\u00e5 hem med betydligt fler v\u00e4skor \u00e4n dem hon reste iv\u00e4g med, men av en bra anledning\u00a0… Det \u00e4r handv\u00e4skor, st\u00f6rre axelremsv\u00e4skor och stora kassar som \u00e4r virkade av sl\u00e4ngda plastp\u00e5sar, n\u00e5got som finns i \u00f6verfl\u00f6d i de flesta st\u00f6rre afrikanska st\u00e4der.<\/p>\n

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\u00c5tervinning p\u00e5g\u00e5r. Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kvinnorna som f\u00e5r l\u00e4ra sig att \u00e5tervinna plastp\u00e5sarna till garn och virka av det — varje v\u00e4ska blir unik eftersom f\u00e4rgkompositionerna alltid skiftar lite — kommer ofta fr\u00e5n sv\u00e5ra omst\u00e4ndigheter, och v\u00e4sktillverkningen g\u00f6r att de blir familjef\u00f6rs\u00f6rjare och kan ta ansvar f\u00f6r sina familjer och f\u00f6r sina barns framtid och utbildning p\u00e5 ett helt nytt s\u00e4tt. ”Change a life today — buy a bag!” \u00e4r en av Chicumbusos slogans. Enkelt och sj\u00e4lvklart, eller hur?<\/p>\n

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Mat till m\u00e5nga. Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martina hade nog med kanske tjugo v\u00e4skor till f\u00f6rsamlingshemmet, och vi var m\u00e5nga som var tvungna att k\u00e4nna p\u00e5 dem och prova dem. De \u00e4r fantastiskt stadiga och rej\u00e4la, men s\u00e5 \u00e4r de ju \u00e4kta hantverk ocks\u00e5, om \u00e4n av ett lite ovanligt material!<\/p>\n

S\u00e5h\u00e4r presenterar Chicumbusos grundare Linda Wilkinson<\/strong> arbetet:<\/p>\n

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Ett av barnen p\u00e5 Chicumbusos Heaven-Saven -- mamman var 13 \u00e5r n\u00e4r hon blev utsl\u00e4ngd av sin familj eftersom hon hade blivit v\u00e5ldtagen och smittad med HIV. Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Zambia today the AIDS crisis continues. Despite years of fighting this virus there are 15% of adults who are infected leaving behind 800,000 AIDS orphans.<\/em>
\nThe real struggle is for those who are left behind.<\/em>
\nHow are they to find fullness of life?\u00a0 Where will a widow find food and make a livelihood?\u00a0 Where will the orphans find schooling and become the children that they were created to be?<\/em>
\nIs it possible to find wholeness in the midst of so much brokenness?<\/em><\/p>\n

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K\u00f6 vid Chicumbusos skolgrind. Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In God\u2019s Word we are told to care for the orphans and widows\u2026 we are not asked to do this but told emphatically to do so.<\/em><\/p>\n

So it is up to us, you and me, to join with these courageous people and bring back wholeness to their lives.<\/em><\/p>\n

In Ng\u2019ombe compound, on the outsides of Lusaka is a grassroots project, Chikumbuso.<\/em>
\nOn a daily basis this community center is filled with many widows, orphans, and grandmothers who have found community and a hope for their future.\u00a0 Here behind the walls of the center they find peace from a life so consumed with the struggle of just getting by daily.<\/em>
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V\u00e4lkommen in! Foto: Martina Sundberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the community center are 73 widows who work on a micro enterprise that brings them back to life economically and socially. The once debilitating AIDS stigma falls off as they learn to hold their heads high and care for those around them.<\/em>
\nAt the center\u2019s school over 350 students restart their lives in an environment of freedom far from fear. These once \u201clost\u201d children find themselves surrounded by a community of people who care for them on a daily basis and desire only the best for them.<\/em>
\nIn the tailoring room at Chikumbuso are 30 young adults who have left the streets of the slum to come to Chikumbuso and learn new life long skills in both tailoring and cooking.<\/em>
\nOutside, in the slum, live 20 grandmothers who sleep well at night because Chikumbuso cares for their daily needs through sponsorship and a caregivers program.<\/em><\/p>\n

I invite you to be a part of this life changing community center. Help us as we continue to bring hope to widows, educate and dress children with warm sweaters and fed bellies, and give single moms the means to care for their children.<\/em><\/p>\n

Linda Wilkinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Det g\u00e5r f\u00f6rst\u00e5s bra att st\u00f6tta Chicumbuso direkt med pengabidrag, men du som vill \u00e5t en av de underbara v\u00e4skorna har chansen att ordna det ganska enkelt eftersom Martina har ett litet lager h\u00e4r i Sverige. Hon h\u00e4lsar att det g\u00e5r bra att skriva till henne p\u00e5 adressen martina.sundberg[at]gmail.com, s\u00e5 skickar hon bilder och priser!<\/p>\n

Be g\u00e4rna att f\u00e5 titta p\u00e5 armband ocks\u00e5. De kommer fr\u00e5n samma st\u00e4lle och \u00e4r fantastiskt vackra!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

En sak som jag inte har ber\u00e4ttat fr\u00e5n fotograferingen i Trollb\u00e4ckens f\u00f6rsamling p\u00e5 Tyres\u00f6 sent i h\u00f6stas \u00e4r att det var v\u00e4skutst\u00e4llning n\u00e4r vi var d\u00e4r. Inte vilka v\u00e4skor som helst — v\u00e4skor fr\u00e5n Zambia! Lilla Theas mamma Martina hade n\u00e4mligen varit i Zambia f\u00f6r att h\u00e4lsa p\u00e5 v\u00e4nner som arbetade d\u00e4r ett tag, kommit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sticka-och-skicka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggar.hemmetsjournal.se\/anna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}