Thanks to a cooperative initiative of WEBEREI HAMBURG & Flying8 GbR weaving mill and the Wunschträume / Netzwerk für Mädchen- & Frauenprojekte e.V. association, some of the young women from the MIA/ALMA refuge can now learn to weave.

However before they start, the looms have to be erected and installed. John Baller, who works at the weaving mill, flew to Burkina Faso to help set up the looms on site. You can see from the photos how painstaking the job is, but they all seem to be enjoying it.

Such incredible hard work like this is appreciated all the more when the finished products finally appear in the form of rugs, blankets, table runners and more.