500 women of 27 different nationalities participated in breaking the world record for the largest hand-knitted blanket without using a crochet hook.
Guinness World Records admitted the record after the participants successfully weaved more than 3,200 blankets, each with a dimension of one square meter.
The record breaking event was held at Dubai Sports City and revealed the blanket on the floor of an indoor football field.
Desiring to help orphans during the coming winter, Kaneka Kapoor and others have been involved in this knitting project for a whole year. Orphanages in the region.
The humanitarian initiative came after Kaneka Kapoor, the woman who initiated the giant project from the start, abandoned her job as chief executive of an international bank and devoted her life to humanitarian work. She brought together friends, relatives and other women from the United Kingdom, Canada, the Philippines, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and other countries.
The record was broken by women from different backgrounds and ages.
"The passion and passion for humanitarian work is what brought people from all over the world together to accomplish this project," said Kapoor, who alone handled 101 pieces of this giant blanket. "We have seen 80-year-olds participate, while a girl named Arjun Danda as young as 10 has woven two pieces alone." “This work has inspired many around the world and reminded them of the need to help others. "We have made a lot of effort until our message reached globalism by breaking the record."