Mama Asal: Preserving Somali Food Heritage&Empowering Women

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Mama Asal: Preserving Somali Food Heritage&Empowering Women

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Laxoox. Sabbayad. Mowfo. Ambabour.
These foods are the heart of Somali culinary heritage,kneaded by hand, passed from mother to daughter, made fresh every morning for centuries across the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Today, they are disappearing. Not because women have forgotten. But because modern life has made their daily preparation nearly impossible.
Knowledge no longer practised is knowledge on its way to being lost.

Mama Asal is a women-led nonprofit founded on 2026 by five women united by one mission: preserve Somali culinary heritage and create dignified economic opportunities for the women who carry that knowledge, in the Horn of Africa and across the global Somali diaspora.
We are building the first women-run traditional Somali food production workshop, where ancient recipes become daily work and real income.
Your donation funds:
Professional kitchen equipment (proforma invoice already secured)
Production space, rent & fit-out
‍ Training in food safety & business management
Video documentation of ancestral recipes
Packaging, raw materials & launch costs.

Every $/€ puts a forgotten food back on a Somali family's table, wherever they are in the world.

Laxoox. Sabbayad. Mowfo. Ambabour.
Ces aliments sont l'âme du patrimoine culinaire somali, pétris à la main, transmis de mère en fille depuis des siècles, de la Corne de l'Afrique jusqu'aux diasporas du monde entier.
Aujourd'hui, ils disparaissent. Pas parce que les femmes ont oublié. Mais parce que la vie moderne a rendu leur préparation presque impossible.
Un savoir qui n'est plus pratiqué est un savoir perdu.

Mama Asal est une association fondée par cinq femmes pour préserver le patrimoine culinaire Somalien et autonomiser les femmes qui le portent, en Afrique de l'Est et dans toute la diaspora somalienne mondiale.
Votre don finance :
Équipement cuisine professionnel
Local de production
‍ Formation et gestion
Documentation des recettes ancestrales
Emballages et matières premières.

Chaque $/€ remet un aliment oublié sur la table d'une famille somalienne, où qu'elle soit dans le monde.


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