We’ve been paying attention to our nurse friends posts expressing their need for masks and the possibility that they and the medical teams that they work may have to resort to tying bandannas around their nose and mouth due to the shortage of masks. A volunteer found the pattern for the masks and Asha’s leadership quickly knew who to request help from to make them! Asha’s has a group of refugee woman that can sew very well and one mother in particular who has now taught her daughters to sew some alongside of her. We asked the family if they could help us with a project to make masks for the nurses and doctors in need. And of course, they’ve gotten busy right away!

Asha’s Refuge will be collecting the finished masks and taking them to our nurse connections who will then take them to work with them and share them with their coworkers. The masks are made of fabric that has been donated over the years by our community as well as some newer favorite African fabric scraps the family has collected. From what we understand, they can be washed in hot water and soap and reused. This would need to be confirmed with medical professionals. If one has no mask, maybe it’s better than nothing.

Just as I was writing to post this, the families sewing machine has quit and they may need a new one. The mother is working to repair her machine so she and her daughters can continue the sewing project.

Asha’s will be collecting material that can be used for sewing masks as the need for the masks continues. (We may also be looking for a new sewing machine for them, if this one breaks).

It is so wonderful to see how this family is working in partnership with us to give back to our community in need. God never masks His love which seems to always shine through His people during the most difficult of times.