Our Impact


For every $300 you spend at Petel, you fund one year of school for one child or youth in Mauritania.

Petel is a partnership between artists, designers, and weavers in West Africa and San Francisco. Our mission is to fund education and training for Mauritanian children and youth through the sale of products made from traditional Fulani textiles.

Transforming lives through education.

We believe in the transformative power of education. Since 2012, Petel's profits have paid for the tuition of 12 children and youth in Mauritania through their graduation, which is a privilege not easily obtained without extra resources. 

Learn more about some of the students who have benefited from Petel's proceeds:

 

 

 

Mamadou Sileye has benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases, over the last year. He's going to a private high school in Nouakchott, Mauritania and making us all proud.

 

 


Aliou has benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases for the last three years at a private middle school in Boghe, Mauritania.

 


Fama has benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases for the last year at a private elementary school in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

 


Mama Bebe has benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases for the last three years at a private middle school in Boghe, Mauritania.


 


Abou benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases for three years at the University of Mauritania. He majored in Political Science and is now a Foreign Minister.

 


Moctar benefited from your generosity through Petel purchases for three years at the University of Mauritania. He majored in Accounting and now works in the private sector as an Accountant.