Omba Arts
December 2022
The artisans we support in 9 regions of Namibia are at the heart of Omba Arts Trust. Our loyal customers ensure we can meet our mission of supporting these artisan’s livelihoods. And the support we get from local corporate and international donors provides the means to travel to these remote communities to distribute materials, buy handicrafts, train artisans and distribute food parcels, where needed. Early next year we will be reviving the youth weeding group in a remote settlement of !Kung and Haiǁom, in northern Namibia to maximize the yields in their pearl millet fields.
Thank you to all of you! Omba is back on its feet after the impacts of Covid and the collapse of tourism.
We have been busier than ever; our new Art-i-San cushion range has been launched in Cape Town and we are happy to see the beautiful San-designed products on the shelves of the Zeitz Mocaa Museum shop in Cape Town as well as our recently opened outlet in Swakopmund.
We took part in a panel discussion about basketry at a Weave a Real Peace Zoom conference held in the USA. We kept our artisans busy with orders and packed many parcels and boxes for our local and international customers. We are finishing off the year with a workshop for San basket weavers in the Bwabwata National Park as part of a WWF climate change mitigation program.
Goodbye 2022……we look forward to 2023.
Wishing you a happy festive season.
Warm greetings
Karin le Roux
Director
OMBA ARTS TRUST • PO BOX 24204 • 82 DR KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA RD • WINDHOEK +264 61 242799
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