We are down to the final week of fundraising for our friends in East Greenland! For those of you who haven’t seen this before, I’ve been working with the school master in the tiny east Greenlandic village of Tiniteqilaaq to help them revive the local kayak building tradition.
A settlement of just 96 people, Tiniteqilaaq is unique because they were hunting out of skin covered kayaks up into the 1990s! The hunter pictured in the photo is still alive in the village today.
So far the kids there have built one of my modern designs and three traditional East Greenlandic kayaks. Last year they traveled to the kayak championships in West Greenland and represented East Greenland for the first time ever!!
This year they are hoping to return to the Kayaking championships bringing all five children and the oldest kayak hunter in the village (The guy in the photo!), but travel costs from East to West Greenland are extremely high, so I started a fundraiser for them. We need to reach $15,000 to send all five kids and so far we’ve raised $7500. They’re buying their plane/helicopter tickets in a couple weeks so I thought I would post this again! If you’ve already given, thank you. If you haven’t, consider donating a few bucks.
Living in such a remote place these kids have very little opportunity to interact with other children or to experience Greenlandic culture outside of their village so going to the kayaking championships is a super valuable experience for them.
Find the fundraiser and to see more photos of the kids and their village on GoFundMe here: Send the Tiniteqilaaq Kids to the Kayak Championships. Thanks for helping!
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