History and background
made4aid is a new project which grew out of a number of things : A number of bloggers and arty crafty people saw Joyce's Electic Bag blog which auctions hand-made vintage-fabric bags to raise money for Darfur. Some of these bloggers and arty crafty people sent Joyce fabrics and buttons and bags to contribute to her work. Then these bloggers and arty crafty people wondered whether there might be other creative people out there who love making things, and who would donate some of their work too to be auctioned for charity - for work with refugees in Darfur and maybe elsewhere. We can now contact such people because of the wonderful world-wide web So - the idea of made4aid grew..... and here is it. We launched made4aid in June, 2009, as a non-profit-making organisation run entirely by volunteers. We started on a small scale and hope this might grow into something bigger... Between June 2009 and March 2010, we sold lots of lovely handmade items, and raised nearly £2000/$3000. made4aid is currently on pause, and we hope to resume selling via an Etsy shop, in Autumn 2010
arts and crafts for charity