Mavia was initially established under the umbrella of a small nonprofit organization working in Tripoli in 2017 called Sadalsuud. We created Mavia to provide economic opportunities to vulnerable women, and at that time, our goal was to fund Sadalsuud’s Arabic literacy class for girls through the bakery sales.

Although our school closed at the end of 2019, we still continue to provide a living wage for our wonderful employees in the bakery. We also continue to promote biodiversity and healthy food systems by growing local wheat varieties without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and milling much of our own flour we use in the bakery.