Fair trade stores Saint-Louis

Diapalante is a vocational training and integration centre for young people in difficulty, mainly in the environmental and sustainable development professions. In order to generate income to finance its activities, a solidarity shop has been set up with a strong emphasis on local craftsmanship. Paintings, jewelry, batik fabrics, lamps and other decorative objects, you will have a choice of quality. The centre also offers two guest rooms, in a bioclimatic building, which offer basic but pleasant comfort.

Born in 1984, the Centre d'Etudes Recherche-Action pour le Développement de la zone Soudano-Sahélienne (CERADS) is a French NGO helping the development of populations through local initiatives. The association thus had the idea of transforming typha, an invasive plant from the Senegal River, into papyrus according to the traditional Egyptian method. These leaves are then painted by artists, becoming real works of art. The low-concentration soda used in the papyrus manufacturing process is recycled into soaps and soaps.