Creating space
Welcome
The African Workshop works with kids, artists and musicians in Mali. Together we run a community centre in Bamako, one of the world’s poorest cities.
Kids can drop in for free music lessons, to borrow a football or to paint. They can also come to hang out with other young people, enjoy a hot meal or just play. The workshop also offers literacy classes, health advice and vital training. More than anything it lets kids be kids.
Latest News
Be a regular giver - Standing orders
It is now much easier if you’d like to become a regular donor to the African Workshop.
Regular donations make a massive difference to what we can achieve. I’m aiming to cover all our monthly outgoings in this way so all new fundraising efforts can go straight into the pot to buy our piece of land [...]
Land in Bamako
This time of year, the temperature cranks up, shade hides under trees and sand burns. And Amadou is chasing around Bamako hunting for the perfect plot of land.
We are getting closer to buying a space to build our new centre on. Amadou has visited a few sites. But we don’t want to move the African [...]
New Mali project photos!
The first batch of pictures from the latest trip to Bamako are up now.
Click on the ‘Photos’ tab and open the top gallery called 2009 Trip.
I hope the pictures capture a bit of the atmosphere over there - there’s more to follow…
Enjoy,
Ben