​Sandblast -a UK charity promoting the voices and visions of the indigenous Saharawi of Western Sahara. These formerly nomadic people have been refugees in the Algerian desert since 1975. Through arts and skills development projects, we seek to bolster their cultural heritage and raise awareness of their ongoing plight.

The Latest:
October
•(Oct 16-21) Sandblast supporters Sara McGuinness and George Cloke returned on Oct 21 from the camps after an intensive 5- day visit to help facilitate the creation of a Saharawi National Youth Ensemble. After a few days of hard work and rehearsals the group did their first concert on Oct 20 to an audience of 200 people. Watch this space for short videos we will share with you in the near future documenting the process.
•So far we've had a great response to the "Friends of Stave House in the Sahara" scheme, launched this past August.  To date, 4 keyboards have been generously donated for the early learning music programme and we have recruited 4 volunteers to go out to teach English and music in the camps.
​• We are very grateful to Ben Cooper and Janet Davies, who will be going out in early 2019, for two months, to teach English to the children and also to help train more local teachers.
• Equally, we are thrilled that Florin Pascu and Andrada Maria Brisc, from AB Music Academy, have offered to take 10 days out of their busy London schedule to run a special music workshop next Feb. 

Upcoming:
6-8pm, November 29
Opening for Invisible Links photo exhibit and fundraiser for 'Stave House in the Sahara', a project giving Saharawi refugee children in the Algerian Sahara opportunities to develop music and English language skills.

Saharawi children learning music with Stave House in the Sahara 

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