Since the early ninties, “Minkha Calgary” volunteers have supported the Minkha knitting cooperative in Cochabamba, Bolivia which creates beautiful fashion forward contemporary sweaters. This cooperative was initiated by and continues to be affiliated with Save the Children Canada. It is an enterprise which gives indigenous women a “hand up” by organizing sales in Calgary to market their hand knit alpaca and cotton sweaters, coats, ponchos, hats and scarves. Because it is volunteer supported, all profits from sales go directly to the women knitters in Bolivia, who are often the sole support of their families.
