Visit Arusha Shanga, Gift and Workshop and Foundation
Description
Shanga is a successful social enterprise which employs people with disabilities to create unique, high-quality, handmade jewelry, glassware and home wares incorporating recycled materials. These products are sold in Tanzania and all over the world, with profits being reinvested back into developing opportunities to employ more people with disabilities. Combining an uplifting local community project with unique artistic activities and opportunities to purchase handmade gifts, Shanga has been a favourite Arusha tourist destination since its inception in 2007.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Days 0 : Free Airport pick up service to the customer. Our guide will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport and take you to our office in Arusha. As local Tanzanians, our guides know well the country and Arusha city, so you’ll be in good hands from when you arrive to the moment you leave.
Shanga is a successful social enterprise which employs people with disabilities to create unique, high-quality, handmade jewelry, glassware and home wares incorporating recycled materials. These products are sold in Tanzania and all over the world, with profits being reinvested back into developing opportunities to employ more people with disabilities. Combining an uplifting local community project with unique artistic activities and opportunities to purchase handmade gifts, Shanga has been a favourite Arusha tourist destination since its inception in 2007.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick all travelers at the starting of Arusha
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(3)
A fabulous initiative which strives to engage people with varying abilities to produce truly exceptional products from recycled materials. The guide and artisans were extremely engaging and friendly. We would highly recommend a visit to this inspiring business.
Take the Free Tour and Support These People. We really enjoyed our guided, free tour of Shanga, going through the different rooms and meeting many able people with disabilities - some people were in wheelchairs, some had hearing disabilites, some people were developmentally delayed, and all of them were employed, capable, and creating art, whether glassblowing, weaving, creating bead jewelry, or stapling together the shopping bags out of recycled newspapers. This was an uplifting, positive experience, well worth an hour of our time, and I am so glad we went here.
I was ambivalent at the start of my visit to the Shenga workshop but once the your started I was enthralled with their program and the quality of the goods they make. Our group brought hand blown glass products and woven goods as well as jewelry. I highly recommend a visit to the workshop. Their mission is worthy of our support and the goods they produce provide an opportunity to support their work as well as obtain beautiful souvenirs of your visit to Tanzania.
