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Founded in 2024, KnitsForPalestine is a student organization that aims to use yarn crafts such as knitting and crocheting to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by donating handmade items to those who need it in Gaza and Lebanon.
Ways to Help and Get Involved in KnitsForPalestine
Donate Knitted Items
Donate handmade knitted and crocheted items, such as hats, scarves, squares for blankets, etc. that will be sent directly to families affected by the conflict
Donate Supplies
Donate yarn, needles, and hooks that can be used to make handmade knitted items for those affected by the conflict
Why Palestine? Why Knitting?
Although there was a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip prior to October 7th, it has been vastly intensified by the conflict since. Handmade, knitted or crocheted goods can bring at least some warmth and comfort to a population facing unimaginable horrors and instability. The money raised from the sales in our shop will be donated to get necessary food, water, and medical aid to refugees in Gaza.
Statistics on the Gaza Strip:
Since October 7th 2023, UNICEF estimates that "at least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip" 1
According to Al Jazeera, over 10,000 Palestinian children have been killed, or one child every 15 minutes, or "about one out of every 100 children in the Gaza Strip" 2
The United Nations estimates nearly 1.9 million Palestinian civilians have been displaced because of Israel's military operations 3
1 Stories of loss and grief: At least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents
in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF. (2024, February 2). https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/stories-loss-and-grief
least-17000-children-are-estimated-be-unaccompanied-or
2 Haddad, M. (n.d.). Know their names. Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza.
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/israel-war-on-gaza-10000-children-killed/
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3 United Nations. (n.d.). As Israel’s aerial bombardments intensify, “there is no safe place in Gaza”, Humanitarian
Affairs chief warns Security Council | Meetings Coverage and press releases. United Nations.
https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15564.doc.htm#:~:text=A%20staggering%2085%20per%20cent,proposing%2
a%20Palestinians%20should%20be
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