About Sahara
Supporting older South Asian people to live happier lives.
Who We Are
Sahara Wellbeing CIC is a community-led organisation working across Medway in Kent. We support older South Asian people to feel connected, valued and supported as they age.
Our aim is simple.
To help people feel they belong and can enjoy later life.
How It Started
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Sahara was founded from love, grief, and a sense of responsibility.
When Paramjot Kaur’s grandmother, Sukhwant, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she moved into the family home and Paramjot’s mother became her primary carer. Over the next three years, they witnessed her decline first-hand.
It quickly became clear that there was a gap in support for elderly Punjabi people and their carers.
While day services existed, Sukhwant couldn’t communicate or connect with anyone there. Care workers didn’t speak her language or understand her cultural background.
Having lost her connection to her community, and placed in unfamiliar settings that felt nothing like home, she became increasingly isolated, confused and scared.
Perhaps most difficult of all was that neither Paramjot nor her family knew enough about dementia. Had they understood what to expect, or known what support was available, the experience could have been very different.
Paramjot didn’t want other people’s stories to unfold like that. Sahara was created to offer something better.
