تغييرات

==Rationale for the Proposed Project==

==Rationale for the Proposed Project==

In the low-income community in Luxor, children face marginalization as a result to their mere belonging to Upper Egypt; a part of the country that has been among the most alienated from most of development efforts in Egypt. To this, the children in Luxor, and in Upper Egypt face a subpar education, where art is marginalized and treated as secondary at best. Moreover, the uproar of children, especially girls, in a conservative environment that draws hard gender lines around social expectations and gender expressions (such as the one dominant in Upper Egypt) restricts children’s abilities for self-expression and self-exploration.  

In the low-income community in Luxor, children face marginalization as a result to their mere belonging to Upper Egypt; a part of the country that has been among the most alienated from most of development efforts in Egypt. To this, the children in Luxor, and in Upper Egypt face a subpar education, where art is marginalized and treated as secondary at best. Moreover, the uproar of children, especially girls, in a conservative environment that draws hard gender lines around social expectations and gender expressions (such as the one dominant in Upper Egypt) restricts children’s abilities for self-expression and self-exploration.  

 

Our project provides a model for bringing arts closely to those marginalized children. By making music available to one of the most vulnerable groups in society, children and girls in specific will be provided with an opportunity to discover their voices in a safe space for creative self-expression that will allow them to claim and enjoy their cultural rights and to promote a culture of freedom, diversity and steadfastness.

The Garbage Music Project provides a model for bringing arts closely to marginalized children. By making music available to one of the most vulnerable groups in society, children and girls in specific will be provided with an opportunity to discover their voices in a safe space for creative self-expression that will allow them to claim and enjoy their cultural rights and to promote a culture of freedom, diversity and steadfastness.  

 

In the long term this opportunity will help children to foster perseverance, discover courage to initiate personal and collective change, to increase their levels of confidence, articulation abilities, creative capabilities and to foster curiosity to learning.

In the long term this opportunity will help children to foster perseverance, discover courage to initiate personal and collective change, to increase their levels of confidence, articulation abilities, creative capabilities and to foster curiosity to learning.

 

Children, who will be playing and producing music with these instruments made by recycling garbage, will also be delivering a strong environmental message to the community and stakeholders. By turning trash into art, children will be able to inspire alternative waste policies, habits and practices. Through the program music will be used as a tool to advance environmental sustainability, and creative waste management as a mean to empower marginalized children.

Children, who will be playing and producing music with these instruments made by recycling garbage, will also be delivering a strong environmental message to the community and stakeholders.  

 

By turning trash into art, children will be able to inspire alternative waste policies, habits and practices. Through the program music will be used as a tool to advance environmental sustainability, and creative waste management as a mean to empower marginalized children.

==Project Goals==  

==Project Goals==  

* The project will contribute to the development of a local community that is aware of, and concerned about, the environment and its associated problems, and which has the knowledge, skills, attitudes, motivations, and commitment to work individually and collectively towards solutions of current environmental problems.

*The project will contribute to the development of a local community that is aware of, and concerned about, the environment and its associated problems, and which has the knowledge, skills, attitudes, motivations, and commitment to work individually and collectively towards solutions of current environmental problems.

* Developing the awareness of children and local community of the environmental problems, and of the economic and cultural potentials that reside in recycling waste.

*Developing the awareness of children and local community of the environmental problems, and of the economic and cultural potentials that reside in recycling waste.

* Supporting social inclusion through enabling marginalized children’s artistic and creative expression through music and musical instruments making.

*Supporting social inclusion through enabling marginalized children’s artistic and creative expression through music and musical instruments making.

* Enabling children to use their creative and artistic skills to improve their wellbeing, and the wellbeing of their community.

*Enabling children to use their creative and artistic skills to improve their wellbeing, and the wellbeing of their community.

* Building an environment of safety and trust where the confidentiality and rights of all participants are met.

*Building an environment of safety and trust where the confidentiality and rights of all participants are met.

* Participating in empowering marginalized children especially girls by providing cheap tools for free expression and creativity.

*Participating in empowering marginalized children especially girls by providing cheap tools for free expression and creativity.

* Promoting art and music as tools for social change for marginalized individuals and communities.

*Promoting art and music as tools for social change for marginalized individuals and communities.

==Project Objectives==

==Project Objectives==

* Self-Confidence

* Self-Confidence

* Accepting differences

* Accepting differences

* Resolving conflicts

* Resolving conflicts

* Inclusion

* Inclusion

* Refusing Bullying

* Refusing Bullying

==Organizational Background==

==Organizational Background==

Driven by passion for music, art, love of experimentation and co-learning, Rabab Luxor is an art organization started by a group of artists from Upper Egypt in 2017. Our aim is to spread art all over Egypt. We are an organization that is democratically and independently run.  

Driven by passion for music, art, love of experimentation and co-learning, Rabab Luxor is an art organization started by a group of artists from Upper Egypt in 2017. Our aim is to spread art all over Egypt. We are an organization that is democratically and independently run. With the little means we have, we still dream big.  

 

We have already conducted an experimental cycle of The Garbage Music Project. Our initial plan was to train 12 participants. But as a result of the high demand on the program, which was manifested by a flood of children, boys and girls, willing to participate; we decided to accept 36 participants, half of them girls and half boys, to not riposte anyone, even if it means tripling the effort of the team, which works almost voluntarily and receives only symbolic remuneration due to our dependence on a seed fund.

In 2018 we started phase 1 of The Garbage Music Project.  

We now aspire to sustainability, which means training 12 new children each year and continuing to train at least 24 children who attended the experimental phase. It also means giving satisfactory salaries to the team, preparing our space and providing it with the materials, tools and equipment that allow them to conduct regular training.

 

Our initial plan was to train 12 participants in phase 1. However, because of the high demand on the project, which was manifested by a flood of children, boys and girls, willing to participate; we decided to accept 36 participants, half of them girls and half boys, to not riposte anyone, even if it means tripling the effort of the team, which works almost voluntarily and receives only symbolic remuneration due to our dependence on a seed fund.  

 

We now aspire to sustainability, which means training 12 new children every 3 months and continuing to train 24 out of the 36 children who attended phase 1, and who wish to continue for an advanced training. Sustainability also means giving fair salaries to the team, preparing our space and providing it with the materials, tools and equipment that allow for the project continuity.

==Estimate Budget==

==Estimate Budget==