In my never ending quest for a no brainer activity I can do in the evenings, I've come upon a project for bandages that can be used on tropical sores - formerly known as leprosy.
Apparently there is something that's better about a handmade bandage rather than a manufactured one. So, I thought - Heck - I'll do some good in the world and whip out a few of these one evening. For the good of humanity and all that.
I've been working on this one for about 9 (nine) hours now. It's almost halfway done.
As you can see, there was a bit of a -
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You are hilarious! Inspiring yes, but also hilarious.
If, during the process, you had a weak moment and uttered, "Damn these leprosy bandages!" under your breath, you are still helping someone a world away. Kudos Randi.
BOS
Have we some definite proof that the handmade bandages are better than machinemade ones? Because they had our Relief Society doing this project a few years ago, and I was totally into it until I realized a machine would be heaps faster than my little crochet hook, and asked why handmade was better. The answer I got was that the oil from our hands helps heal the sores, and I'm pretty sure that's complete bologna, to put it nicely. So I'm curious--anyone got some proof?
Crystal-Maybe that's a pretty good question to ask. but right now if anyone tells me that this is not necessary, I may be forced to kill the messenger.
Never even heard of homemake bandages; at least never even crossed my mind to make something like that. I'm so out of the domestic loop.
randi:
you really crack me up when you write things and then line them out :)
We are good about "figuring out" what others NEED. Vickie (my wife)told me about this one Relief Society that was cutting up sheets and sending them as bandages to a 3rd world country. They got a message back thanking them for the fabric strips- they sewed them together to make sheets.......
No wonder you had a Migraine
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