Help our senior children become music teachers

One of our senior and promision participants completed the training of Student Volunteer program (SVP) in Kampala. This has been a program provided by our partner Brass for Africa to empower and prepare learners to be come music teachers and future leaders.

After the successful of participant's application, He went in Kampala - Uganda for a month from begining of May until beginning of June to attend the training about how to prepare music lesson, class management, curriculum development, etc. After a month of training, he came back at our center and started to assist his teacher as well as his fellow senior students so as to help all 130 participants in Brass band we are training today. We see him with more potential for development and tranforming more lives of less privilleged children and youth. 

As also part of this project, our two participants are still attending monthly All-star band in Kampala to strengthen their music skills. We look forward to seeing them bringing thier experience in our bands. 

We are still in need of support for this project so that we can be able to empower our senior learners to become music teachers next year. My appreciation goes to you donors and our friends who always support our projects.

Thank you so much!

Since 2019 in partnership with Brass for Africa, Root Foundation has been teaching music and lifeskills to vulnerable and street children . Today, we count up to 155 children and youth in four available band groups.

We are proud and very happy for their progress today as thy started to prove themselves to become candidates for advanced program training at Brass for Africa. 

In March, our participant Rebecca Uhuriwe was selected to attend girls band performance during the celebration of Women’s day that took place at Brass for Africa headquarter, Kampala- Uganda. This band will be meeting on quarterly basis.

Also, in March after the auditions, two participants Rebecca & Placide were selected to be part of All - Star band which brings together best music students from different sites to meet every month and do rehearsal together in Kampala. 

Moreover, we are very happy for Regis Ndagijimana who passed the exams and interviews to attend Student Volunteer Program that help individuals to level up their music skills and teaching experience through working together the Director of Music Education at Brass for Africa and music teachers. 

All the above programs are an advancing journey not only for these three participants but also to all in the band as it inspire and motivate others to work hard and maximize their full potential. 

It is also inline with our project growth plan especially towards opening outreaches of using music and lifeskills as a tool to transform the lives of many children on street. 

We look forward to seeing the success of this campaign which will enable us to be able to achieve more for our less privileged children children youth.