Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Whilst bringing an ongoing sense of fulfillment into children’s lives, the program also seeks to improve education levels and opportunities for income generation and advancement, whilst restoring local cultural traditions to this hard-hit community

Project Message

Most Brazilians do not have the money to access their culture, let alone pay the bills. In this kind of environment the children lose out. How are the new Gilberto Gils and Tom Jobims going to emerge?
- Nina Mckleroy, Project Secretary

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Brazil and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Brazil, read the Human Development Report on Brazil or the Wikipedia entry for Brazil.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 12, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Update for August 2008

By Mayumi Suzuki - project coordinator, August 12, 2008 05:02 PM

This update was translated and edited for clarity by staff and volunteers of Dreams Can Be Foundation
August, 2008
1127 Music & Education Program for Disadvantaged Youths
Hello: The Association Children of Light, immensely thanks your contribution! We would like to say that the project “Music for Canoa”, in 2007 constructed a music room in the community and restarted our work, we created a new program for the guitar lessons, our ‘Band of Music’ continues, beyond of the lessons of flute and the children’s choir, helping more than the 15 children. Our work is improving the future of the children and the youth of the poor fishing community.
With this project, the children and youth improve their relationships and can discover their skills and proficiencies, being able to transmit their knowledge for other children and youth. Many times the students cannot rehearse because many of the instruments need repairing, not having enough for all the kids. This year we have our own space, which it makes possible to have better attendance.
Kassia, 18 years, who participate of the project, liked music a lot but she didn’t know how to play any instrument. Later when she started at the band of the project, she improved her relationship with the kids and learned how to play. Today she is a member of the group and she is working to improve her future.
We have discovered that the project can change completely the perspective and the conscience of youth. Children that have never known instruments for example, the band, which must be composed of several people- learns to work together in a group and this aids in the children’s ability to relate to one another. The have discovered together that they can improve their future with music. Music brings a new vision “the world is only”.
The main goal of the project is that children and youth know the professions through the music and that they have new perspectives of life, different from what they live today, that they can walk with their own feet and that they can construct a better future. We hope to continue to grow this project of music lessons so that more children can be benefited. This year we would like to offer the new guitar classes for more additional children.
Your contribution was very important for us to continue our work and so that many children and youth have more opportunities to grow, personally and professionally through the music on the road to better and better lives and also bettering the future of our community. Again, thank you very much! Please continue to support our work and your generous contributions through Global Giving.

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