Sandblast: Western Sahara

2 Jul 2016

Overview

Arts and human rights charity Sandblast will join forces with acclaimed UK music academy StaveHouse for a multi-arts Western Sahara fundraiser event. The event highlights the on-going 40-year-long plight of the Saharawi refugees in the Algeria Sahara and present recent efforts to bring early music-learning to the area. The charity will also launch Run the Sahara 2017, known internationally as the Saharamarathon, which takes place annually in February. UK participants raise funds for Sandblast’s music and youth projects in the refugee camps.