Awamaki Breaks Ground on New Knitting Center

  By Ali Alford, Marketing and Education Volunteer   Awamaki is excited to announce that we’ve begun building a new knitting center with the 25 knitters of the Rumira cooperative! We are excited to partner with Education First (EF) Tours to kick-start the building process. EF provides international, experiential learning tours for students and teachers. Throughout the month of June, Awamaki and the Rumira knitters hosted one hundred volunteers from across the United States to break ground on the center. The two-story knitting center is Awamaki’s most ambitious construction project to date. It will provide the women of the Rumira...