SAHEL Design is about people and products. We make beautiful, unique accessories that can’t be found elsewhere. Then we sell them and reinvest the profits into the communities that made them. We don’t accept charity or ‘pity purchases’ and we don’t want to impose our own ideas on how these communities should develop. They, not…
Since the launch of SAHEL Design in 2012 we have been dreaming of installing water pumps in the villages of the artisans. Last week, thanks to Friends In Action and the help of some willing friends, this dream became a reality. The first village was where Ussman, the cotton weaver and his family live –…
This week the Gakou family, who make the reins used in SAHEL bags received a visit from the Paam Laafi medical team. Partly funded by profits from bag sales, the purpose of the visit was to give the children of the village a free medical check up and medication if necessary. The nearest town is…
Thirty years ago it was commonplace to see wooden looms in villages across the Sahel. Like horses, they were an essential part of everyday life that has all but disappeared from the region. Nowadays it can take a four wheel drive and a GPS to find one, as I found out recently while seeking out…