Thank you to everyone who entered. This competition is now closed.

If you read the MSF article you will have found out that Dadaab Refugee camp is Kenya’s fourth largest city. Congratulations to those of you who answered correctly.

Fibre Thursday: The wonderful Babylonglegs has donated today’s soft and squishy prize.

You could win 150g of Supersorted BFL, in 3 x 50g colours, perfect for the beginner and experienced spinner alike. As well as the fibre she has also donated this beautiful Sunflower Spindle.

MSF work with people who slip through the net, such as refugees. The United Nations Convention on Refugees is celebrating it’s 60th year, though many governments are still failing refugees.

For your chance to win today’s prize name Kenya’s fourth largest city.

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “Refugees” by 2pm (GMT) on Friday 9th December.

Come back on Friday for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

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Rules:

1) Competition ends at 2pm (GMT) on Friday 9th December 2011

2) Winners will be drawn from all correct answers by random number generator and notified by email. Prizes will be sent by post.
3) Competition open to everyone, including people outside UK.
4) No cash alternatives
5) One entry per person per competition.

This competition is now closed.

Congratulations to Bronagh from London who was chosen by random number generator by Ben in the MSF office.

The answer was “When cholera hit Lae City in Papua New Guinea because of contaminated water, we opened a Cholera Treatment Centre the same day.” Incredible.

You could win three skeins of equally gorgeous yarn plus a handy Loop bag.

The yarns are:

1 skein of Hamilton Yarn Silke DK- 100% silk  235m/100g

1 skein of Viola lace – 100% superwash merino. 825m/115g, colour: Ghost

1 skein of Dye for Yarn lace – 100% Tussah Silk 695 m/100g, colour: Burning Forest

To win this beautiful selection read the following, then answer the question:

Not all MSF field volunteers are doctors or nurses. Logisticians, water sanitation officers, financial controllers are just some of the less well known roles working on an MSF project. Visit the MSF Delivers website and meet some of the British field volunteers working for MSF.

Here is your question: Project Co-ordinator Chris Houston previously worked in Papua New Guinea. When cholera hit Lae City because of contaminated water when did the MSF Cholera Treatment Clinic open?

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “MSF Logistics” by 11am (GMT) on Thursday 8th December.
Come back on Thursday for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

This competition is now closed. The lucky winner is Melinda from Surry. The correct answer was Van.

Thank you to everyone who entered and to UndercoverOwl and John Arbon for donating their wonderful prizes.

If you didn’t win day 4 try your luck again with Day 5.

Question: What do we have to offer on Day 4 of our marvellous competition?

Answer: A skeletastic Undercover Owl project bag and a skein of beautiful UK Alpaca sock yarn (60% UK Alpaca, 20% Merino, 20% Nylon) in Mustard colour donated by John Arbon.

Of course that isn’t today’s competition question, that would be far too easy…

As well as providing care for physical injuries, MSF also provide psychological support and address mental health issues in a variety of situations. For example, after the horrendous earthquake and tsunami in Japan earlier this year MSF assessed survivors for psychological trauma and provided counselling to those who needed it.

They are doing the same in Eastern Turkey which was affected by an earthquake in October. At the time of the quake MSF responded by providing emergency shelter to those made homeless. MSF  is now following up with psychological support as well as survival kits for the approaching winter. So to enter the competition for your chance to win our lovely prize answer the following:

Name the area the MSF psychological team is working in in Eastern Turkey.

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “Psychological support” by 11am (GMT) on Wednesday 7th December.

Come back on Wednesday for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

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Rules:

1) Competition ends at 11am (GMT) on Wednesday 7th December 2011

2) Winners will be drawn from all correct answers by random number generator and notified by email. Prizes will be sent by post.
3) Competition open to everyone, including people outside UK.
4) No cash alternatives
5) One entry per person per competition.

This competition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered.  Please try again with our Day 4 competition.

Mug of tea? No thanks, I’ll have a mug of yarn please!

Here’s day 3 of our competition. Because it’s Monday two, yes TWO, lucky people will each win a skein of  soft and silky Yarn Yard Gloaming laceweight (80% silk, 20% merino, 800m) and a cheerful KnitNation mug.

Day 3’s question is about Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a neglected disease. Very little money has been put into the research and development of diagnostics or new, improved treatment and people who are infected by the disease have no option but to take drugs which are painful and leave them feeling weak every day for a very long time. TB&ME gives MDR-TB patients an opportunity to tell the world about the issues which affect their lives, about how treatment and services could be improved and how it feels to have this disease.

To enter visit the MSF TB and Me website and watch seven year old Senzo’s video about his TB treatment.

Then anwer the following question:

How many months will Senzo continue his treatment for and how many pills does he take each day?

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “Tb and Me” by 11am (GMT) on Tuesday 6th December.

Come back on Tuesday for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

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Rules:

1) Competition ends at 11am (GMT) on Tuesday 6th December 2011

2) Winners will be drawn from all correct answers by random number generator and notified by email. Prizes will be sent by post.
3) Competition open to everyone, including people outside UK.
4) No cash alternatives
5) One entry per person per competition.

This competition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. Congratulations to Natalie from Richmond who was chosen by randomly number generator from everyone who replied with the answer Sam’s team delivered 3451 babies.

Thank  for all the great comments to which came with your emails.

Our day two prize is out of this world! You could win this marvellous Doctor Who print Japanese Knot project bag from the talented NicsKnots and a one-off skein of Sparkleduck’s interstellar Galaxy 4ply yarn.

Sonic screwdrivers at the ready! For a chance to win these stellar prizes visit the inspiring MSF Delivers website which follows the work of Midwife Sam Perkins in DR Congo, and answer the following question:

Question: How many babies did Sam’s team deliver last year? We are looking for an exact number so you will need to take a good look around the website to find the correct answer.

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “MSF Delivers” by 10am (GMT) on Monday 5th December.

Come back on Monday for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

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Rules:

1) Competition ends at 10am (GMT) on Monday 5th December 2011

2) Winners will be drawn from all correct answers by random number generator and notified by email. Prizes will be sent by post.
3) Competition open to everyone, including people outside UK.
4) No cash alternatives
5) One entry per person per competition.

2nd December: This competition is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to those of you who found the correct answer: MSF operates HIV/AIDS projects in 32 countries.

Yesterday MSF launched Positive Generation as part of World Aids Day. Positive Generation is a music project based in Zimbabwe. Please take a few moments to listen to the extraordinary songs on the website about the challenges of living with HIV/AIDS that are sung by Zimbabwean support groups and choirs. They are awesome.

Some of you sent lovely comments with your entries which are very much appreciated.

“Thank you for the opportunity to win yarn and learn something at the same time. I did not know that untreated 50% of children will die from HIV by their second birthday. That is a truly horrifying statistic. MSF is doing great work and I’m pleased to help support them in my small way ”

“It’s 32 countries. Which is great work, MSF.”

Back to the competition: Sam in the MSF office used a random number generator to choose the winner. If you’re the lucky person you should have recieved an email from me. If you weren’t lucky today please try again in our Day 2 competition and keep coming back here next week as we’ll have a different prize every day.

Thank you to Fyberspates for donating the gorgeous prize.

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OK folks, here is our first exciting competition.

The lovely people at Fyberspates have donated a copy of their beautiful Scrumptious Collection Book and a 100g skein of their scrumptious Scrumptious 4ply yarn in colourway Gold.

Today is World Aids Day. For a chance to win read about MSF’s work with people infected with HIV/AIDS then answer the following question:

Question: How many countries does MSF operate HIV/AIDS projects in?

Email your answer to p-hop@london.msf.org with the subject “World AIDS Day” by 2pm (GMT) on Friday 2nd December.

Come back tomorrow for another chance to win a brilliant prize!

Don’t forget to tell your friends about our fantastic competition!

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Rules:

1) Competition ends 2nd December at 2pm (GMT)

2) Winners will be drawn from all correct answers by random number generator and notified by email. Prizes will be sent by post.