Newsposts
New activities at HCMI
In Uganda, it was vacation time in May. For the children of the HCMI project in Kampala, that means music lessons every day! Thanks to funding from Music for Children, we were able to purchase a new keyboard, which was immediately put to full use for lessons,...
HCMI teacher Claire Nakibuule passed ABRSM grade 5 exam
Claire Nakibuule is founder and lead instructor for the Happy Children Music Initiative project. In addition to teaching, she continues to work steadily on her own development as a saxophonist. Last year, she regularly took lessons from Robert Aduba, one of Uganda’s...
Organisational Changes within Music for Children
Several significant changes have taken place within the board of the Music for Children Foundation. Mirjan Kouwenhoven, who has been involved with the foundation for the past six months, has been appointed chair. She succeeds Heleen Verleur, who has fulfilled this...
Online Performance Salaama School for the Blind
The children at Salaama School for the Blind have had music lessons every week throughout the year, and now they want to show everyone what they have learned. On Saturday, November 1, they will give a fantastic performance! The children will sing, dance, and play...
Practice Challenge Muziekschool Amsterdam en Amsterdam Noord
Great news: Amsterdam Music School and Amsterdam North Music School are organising a practice challenge for Music for Children! This is particularly exciting because Monique Udo, our founder, was herself a teacher at Amsterdam Music School for many years. About...
Online exchange HCMI
On Friday 16 May, a special exchange took place. The pupils of HCMI in Kampala played together with pupils from the Ugandan music project Music Saves. All performances could be viewed via an online connection in various places around the world. This was very important...
Laptops for HCMI, Khule and AMS
Last summer, board member Petra and her husband Michiel visited Kampala. It was a wonderful experience, and we will be hearing much more about it. Petra and Michiel were able to personally hand over the used laptops that Remko Udo had collected for us through his...
Lesson visit Salaama School for the Blind
During their visit to Uganda, our secretary Petra and her husband Michiel visited the Salaama School for the Blind, a project run by Africa Music School and supported by Music For Children. They saw how the children patiently take piano and guitar lessons from teacher...
