Raising money for Haiti

Although our main designated charity long term will continue to be Darfur, we are planning to give all proceeds for the next month or so for relief work in Haiti - via Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Emergency Appeal.

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN for an addition on Craft Hope - below the auction items!

These are the items currently on auction - until 9pm Sunday 24th January. The link will take you to the item description, and the box for leaving comments or bids.

Photography greeting cards - hand made, water photography


Applique wall hanging - original Kaffe Fassett design



Purple eco rug - hand sewn


Pretty in purple - handwoven bag


Emma's scarf - handwoven


Tapestry kit, Ehrmans - cats and parasols


Leg warmers - hand knitted



I've just come across Craft Hope, who are also raising money for Haiti - Doctors without Borders - via an Etsy Shop. They are doing fantastically well - do go and look, you can buy crafts there, or donate items yourself, 100% money goes to Haiti.
For artists and crafters, if you want to donate an item you can find details here - but they are only accepting items now up to Wednesday Jan. 20th, due to being rather overwhelmed with the response.
For the Craft Hope Etsy shop and to see what is on sale, go here.


There are so many ways to give for Haiti, and its hard to know which to choose - but here is another good one - Shelterbox, details on English Mum's blog.

If you're thinking of donating handmade items to made4aid - its a cash-free way to give!
There are more details on donating here.
If you're thinking of buying gifts from us - all proceeds from made4aid go to charity, so your cash buys far more than just the gift.

All money raised by made4aid goes through a Charity Aid Foundation account, so Gift Aid is added -and it will then be sent to Oxfam's Emergency Haiti appeal.


Haiti has brought a change of plan to made4aid - we'd expected to post just an item or two for sale each week while the new year gets under way.
But - Haiti needs our money sooner rather than later, plus at least a few people have visited and been a bit disappointed there wasn't more on offer.

So - we now have these 7 items listed for auction, bids are very welcome up to 9pm next Sunday, 24th January, New York time.

I hope you find something you like!

funds for Haiti

Although our main designated charity will continue to be Darfur, we are planning to give all proceeds for the next month or so for relief work in Haiti - via Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Emergency Appeal.

Items currently on auction:

denim patchwork tote bag


Miniature handmade book


Both of these for auction until 9pm Sunday January 17th.


The various festivals celebrated in December are a good reminder for lots of us of what we have to be grateful for. Even in the light of difficulties over the last year and longer - a lot of blogs I read have been reflecting on the riches we have of love, family, comfort and relative security.

And of course a lot of blogs are looking forward at the moment, thinking about the New Year, turning points, hope, change - many of them talking about Light.

So - although my brain is only reluctantly emerging from holiday-mode - this is just the time, with just the right sentiments in the air, for getting back to work on diverting some of our resources to those who have none, as a very small contribution to the possibility of light and hope where it is so much needed.

After we have raised some money for the Haiti fund, we will resume giving for relief work in Darfur - the Save Darfur website has some of the latest news on Darfur - where discussions are going on now with the international community particularly in relation to Sudan's international debt, US sanctions, and elections coming up in April. Much of the money Sudan owes the world has been spent on weapons - but it may at least provide some kind of pressure to bring about change. There is room for hope and there are lots of opportunities for helping even in little ways.

If you're thinking of donating handmade items to made4aid - its a cash-free way to give!
If you're thinking of buying gifts - all proceeds from made4aid go to charity, so your cash buys far more than just the gift.


So here we go.

In the interests of establishing a more reliable and predictable pattern, we will be offering item/s for auction on each Monday, auctions ending on Sunday evening, New York time.
There may be one item, or more than one on sale each week - depending on a calculation to do with my time and workload and how many items we have in "stock".

I hope this will make it easier for you to keep track of whats on offer, bidding etc. It means that you can keep up with our lovely handmade stuff by checking in here just once a week.
- but please, if you have any suggestions, or feedback on what might determine whether or not you decide to bid - please leave a comment and let us know? We do really want to know what you think of made4aid, and would value your help in making it as easy and open and efficient as possible...


Our items for auction are posted below.