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We share regular updates about WSSG and Growing Hope on our Instagram page.

westernsaharasupportgroup

A charity supporting the Sahrawi in the camps through vegetable growing projects.
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The 5th Big Ramble raising money for WSSG took pla The 5th Big Ramble raising money for WSSG took place on Sat 6th Sept. 40 people walked 14 miles. Beautiful weather, beautiful countryside, beautiful people. See profile for ways to donate if you wish to support us.
10 young people and 3 adults from the Sahrawi Refu 10 young people and 3 adults from the Sahrawi Refugee Camps in Algeria have arrived in Manchester to escape the heat of the desert.
They are guests of Western Sahara Support Group based in Levenshulme for the next 10 days.
They have a packed programme - look out for the pictures
The Big Ramble 5 is on 6th September 2025 in the b The Big Ramble 5 is on 6th September 2025 in the beautiful Peak District. The deadline for booking a place is looming. There is a link in our bio or you can go to the website growhopesahrawi.org.uk events and fundraising, Big Ramble 5
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A benefit to fund bringing young people from the S A benefit to fund bringing young people from the Sahrawi Refugee Camps to Manchester and Ghyll Head Outdoor Education and Activity Centre.*
The Klondyke Club, Burnage Range, Levenshulme, M19 2HQ
Friday 18th April, 7.30pm til Midnight
Admission £7.50 on the door (cash or card)**
Dancing tunes from Leve Nights DJs
Levenshulme Community Choir performing at 8pm 
All of your money goes to transporting, accommodating and feeding the young people and the accompanying Sahrawi adults. Venue, DJs, choir, sound system and local accommodation have all been provided free.
*the Sahrawi visa applications are still pending. If the UK government refuses (and why would they?) then your money will go to the Growing Hope Vegetable Project to help food in the refugee camps.
27th February 2025 Sahrawi people celebrated the 4 27th February 2025 Sahrawi people celebrated the 49th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
This is the last installment of the Vegetables in This is the last installment of the Vegetables in the Sahara. We have enjoyed our adventures and hope we've made you smile while also giving you an insight into what life is like in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps.
Thank you very much for all the generous donations we have received. If you haven't donated yet and would like to support the vegetable project the link is in the bio or on the website or you can copy this! https://gofund.me/1996a94a
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Some pictures from the Sahara Marathon 2025 before Some pictures from the Sahara Marathon 2025 before during and just after. Everyone completed the race they had hoped to do. We were all very exhausted and very elated at the end of it.
Our team took a visit to the Laayoune refugee camp Our team took a visit to the Laayoune refugee camp, where the Growing Hope project is based.

We saw the trees that we helped to fundraise for last Christmas, ready to be planted. 🌲 

The trees are to be planted around the vegetable growing project, to protect the crops and the polytunnel from the harsh winds and sun. 

It is so great to see the extremely hard work of the project paying off!

The banner in the photo reads “BUY VEGETABLE FOR HOST FAMILY”
With less than 24 hours to go until the @saharamar With less than 24 hours to go until the @saharamarathon 2025, we thought we would share with you some of the inspiration behind why our team decided to run this year, in aid of The Western Sahara Support Group. 🏃‍♂️ 

To learn more about our charity, follow the link to our website in our bio.

We are so close to achieving our target of raising £3500 to support the ventures of the Growing Hope vegetable project in the Laayoune refugee camp.  To donate, go to our gofundme page via the link in the bio. 

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Took us a little longer to get through customs in Took us a little longer to get through customs in Madrid with all this delicious food that we had to declare! 🫑 🍅 🍆 

Here we have a homegrown tomato, bell pepper and an aubergine, making their way overseas to the Sahara Desert to run this year’s Sahara Marathon! 🥇

And what a pleasure to meet up with Brahim Breh, who organises the @saharamarathon! 🏃‍♂️ 

You can show your to support to runners and walkers of the marathon and help to continue the work of the vegetable growing project in the Laayoune refugee camp by donating to the gofundme link in our bio! 🔗 

#saharamarathon #growinghope #westernsahara
Check out our brilliant line up of runners, walker Check out our brilliant line up of runners, walkers and vegetables of the 2025 Sahara Marathon. 🍅 🥕 🍆 🌱

Each of these people have travelled from the UK to the Sahara desert to complete their own goal and raise awareness and money of the Western Sahara Support Group. 🇪🇭 

As well as taking part in the marathon, they will also be staying with host families and visiting the Growing Hope project in the Laayoune camp, to see first hand the impact that your money and continued support has had on enabling this project to continue to flourish. 🍅 

If you would like to donate, please follow the link in our bio. 🔗 

Keep your eyes peeled for more updates over the coming week! 👀
With less than a week to go we're packing our bags With less than a week to go we're packing our bags ready to go to this year's Sahara Marathon. Some of us are running, some are walking, some of us are dressing up as vegetables.

We are all raising money for the amazing Growing Hope Project. Link in bio. 
Follow our story here.
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Loving the pictures of your tree decorations. Than Loving the pictures of your tree decorations. Thank you for sending them to us and a huge thank you to everyone who has enabled a tree to be planted in the desert this Christmas. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
🎄 Just a few of the ways some of our handmade Chri 🎄 Just a few of the ways some of our handmade Christmas trees have been displayed this holiday season. We look forward to seeing them return each year to brighten up your trees (or spider plants!) 🪴 

To receive your handmade Xmas tree ornament, donate £25 to our TREES ARE FOR LIFE fundraiser (link in bio). With each donation, you are helping to plant another tree around the Grow Hope vegetable project in the Sahara desert. 

We are unbelievably close to reaching our target of 100 trees by Christmas Day! Only 8 more to go! 🌳 

To find out more about our charity, what we do and where your money is going, head to our website via the link in the bio. 🌲
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