Engage through newsletters, visits, and service tours
Connect with supporters
Join the circle of support for the Mapusha women and their community via email or with a visit. To receive newsletters, connect with other supporters, or to make arrangements for a visit to the studio, contact mapushaweavers@gmail.com with your request. We look forward to hearing from you!
Receive updates
For progress reports on projects at the studio and in the village, sign up for newsletters from Rooiboklaagte.
Connect with other supporters
Read about a group of travelers who visited the Mapusha Weaving Cooperative as part of an Elderhostel/Exploritas (now Road Scholar) program in October 2009. They banded together as the “Bushbabies,” a collective effort to raise money to support the cooperative.
Visit the studio
The studio is open from 10am to 4pm, Monday through Friday, and by special arrangement on weekends. Tours begin in the morning and last from one to two hours, depending on your interests. If you are in South Africa and wish to arrange a visit, please telephone:
Wonder at 072.691.0021 or Emerencia at 072.469.7060
Directions
The Mapusha studio is located 6k (kilometers) off the R40 between Klaserie and Bushbuckridge. Driving from Hoedspruit towards Bushbuckridge, take a left at the robot for Acornhoek, located 5.4k after the Orpen Road. Drive 4.3k through the center of Acornhoek until you reach a sign for Dingleydale. Here, turn right onto a dirt road. Drive 1.8k and look for a small sign for the Catholic mission. Turn right into the driveway. The studio is the first building on the right, across from the church.
Visit South Africa
Join a 12-day service tour in March 2011. Spend a week working daily with the people of Rooiboklaagte—the weavers, the children, the gardeners—sharing your gifts and receiving theirs. Learn more about this trip.
