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Sandblast -a UK charity promoting awareness of the plight of the indigenous Saharawi of Western Sahara. The majority have been refugees in the harsh SW corner of the Algerian Sahara since 1975. Through educational, arts and skills development projects, we aim to provide opportunities for young people to have brighter futures and
to highlight their threatened cultural heritage.
Latest news and actions
SEPTEMBER
BREAKING NEWS: Funds are urgently needed to restart the Desert Voicebox project in the camps. Sandblast director, Danielle Smith, has launched a JustGiving campaign to raise £500 to get masks and hand sanitisers for 75 children for the next 3 months and products to disinfect the centre daily and ensure a safe and healthy environment for everyone to learn and teach in. Our fantastic local team of 4 Saharawi women are ready to go into action to get those children back on track to learn. Please help make this possible. We hugely appreciate your support.
PLEASE DONATE NOW
• DESERTVOICEBOX.CHALLENGE officially launched! PLEASE FOLLOW US on IG to find out how the challenge works, view great interactive highlight stories that tell you about the history, our project, inspiring individual stories and more. Find out how by joining the challenge you can make a real difference to the lives of Saharawi refugee children based in harsh desert camps in SW Algeria.
Starting from now to February 27 2021 you can take on a personal challenge to help us raise £50,000 to keep the project going and take it to the next stage. JOIN THE CHALLENGE AND SPREAD THE WORD!
• LET'S GET 10,000 SIGNATURES BY FEBRUARY 27, 2021! If you believe in the fundamental human right to self-determination please click here to sign the petition calling on the international community to do its part to ensure the implementation of the referendum for Saharawi self-determination. 45 years of waiting in the desert is far too long!!
• REMOTE TRAINING CONTINUES FOR OUR DESERT VOICEBOX SAHARAWI TEACHERS. We thank our amazing English language and music volunteers Farida Alvarez, Rebecca Hedley and Andrada Pascu for making this happen.
• A NEW PENPAL LINK is established between Desert Voicebox students and the George Mitchell primary school in Leyton, London. We are so excited about this development. Watch this space to find out how this link evolves through WhatsApp ofcourse!!
• SANDBLAST LINKS with GROW HOPE SAHARAWI, a beautiful initiative from up north to promote food self-reliance and improve access to water in the Saharawi refugee camps. Please check out their website to find out more http://growhopesahrawi.org.uk/
SEPTEMBER
BREAKING NEWS: Funds are urgently needed to restart the Desert Voicebox project in the camps. Sandblast director, Danielle Smith, has launched a JustGiving campaign to raise £500 to get masks and hand sanitisers for 75 children for the next 3 months and products to disinfect the centre daily and ensure a safe and healthy environment for everyone to learn and teach in. Our fantastic local team of 4 Saharawi women are ready to go into action to get those children back on track to learn. Please help make this possible. We hugely appreciate your support.
PLEASE DONATE NOW
• DESERTVOICEBOX.CHALLENGE officially launched! PLEASE FOLLOW US on IG to find out how the challenge works, view great interactive highlight stories that tell you about the history, our project, inspiring individual stories and more. Find out how by joining the challenge you can make a real difference to the lives of Saharawi refugee children based in harsh desert camps in SW Algeria.
Starting from now to February 27 2021 you can take on a personal challenge to help us raise £50,000 to keep the project going and take it to the next stage. JOIN THE CHALLENGE AND SPREAD THE WORD!
• LET'S GET 10,000 SIGNATURES BY FEBRUARY 27, 2021! If you believe in the fundamental human right to self-determination please click here to sign the petition calling on the international community to do its part to ensure the implementation of the referendum for Saharawi self-determination. 45 years of waiting in the desert is far too long!!
• REMOTE TRAINING CONTINUES FOR OUR DESERT VOICEBOX SAHARAWI TEACHERS. We thank our amazing English language and music volunteers Farida Alvarez, Rebecca Hedley and Andrada Pascu for making this happen.
• A NEW PENPAL LINK is established between Desert Voicebox students and the George Mitchell primary school in Leyton, London. We are so excited about this development. Watch this space to find out how this link evolves through WhatsApp ofcourse!!
• SANDBLAST LINKS with GROW HOPE SAHARAWI, a beautiful initiative from up north to promote food self-reliance and improve access to water in the Saharawi refugee camps. Please check out their website to find out more http://growhopesahrawi.org.uk/
Nicole-music teacher and current coordinator of the Desert Voicebox team. Ready and armed for action to get those children learning again.
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