Music Transforming Lives

Education > Music Transforming Lives

Music Transforming Lives

Summary

To make use of diverse artistic manifestations, principally music, as a means of changing individually and collectively children and youngsters who find themselves in a socially risky situation.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $470 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

More than 100 students, from 8 to 20 years of age, study voice, the recorder, violin, viola, and cello. All classes are free as students come from families earning less USD$100 per month. The program needs donations in order to buy instruments and instruction materials, cover operational costs and expand the program to reach more children.

Activities

Kids receive two 1-hour lessons per week and participate in a rehearsal on Saturdays. Introduction to music and score reading, instrument instruction and singing and voice, playful activities, perform at schools, theaters, cultural centers, etc.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $470

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $470. The original project funding goal was $10,321.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Music skills learned at Reciclarte are the catalyst for changes in other areas of children’s lives such as completing education, a stronger sense of self-esteem and good citizenship.

Project Message

Here in Rio de Janeiro we have about 6.000 young people working for armed drug dealers in slums. We can´t save them all but our work can be an example for government and other poor comunities.
- Davi Moura Neves, Development Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Carolina Senna Figueiredo,
Programs Director Dreams Can Be Foundation
Rua Rainha Guilhermina 90/304
Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22441-120
Brazil
55-21-2249-5572
Email:

Project Sponsor

Dreams Can Be Foundation/Dreams Brasil

Organization

Dreams Can Be Foundation
Dreams Can Be Foundation
945 Menoher Blvd.
Johnstown, PA 15905
United States
(814) 255-4379
http://www.dreamscanbe.org/

Learn more about Dreams Can Be Foundation and the project team.

Dreams Can Be Foundation's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Music Brings Hope and Opportunity to Youth in Rio	Fight for Peace Sports and Education Centre	Dance & Theater Company: Alternatives to Drugs	Off the Streets and Back in School to Stay in Rio
Income-Generation Skills for Battered Mothers	Free Heart Surgeries for Rio's Poor Children	Alternatives to Violence for Rio Street Child	Building a School for Early Child Literacy
See all 10 projects