Month: May 2021

Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education “Roma Rock School” announced that they have graduated from the GlobalGiving Accelerator program, gaining entry into the GlobalGiving marketplace and becoming a recognized partner of GlobalGiving.

As part of the Accelerator, Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education “Roma Rock School” successfully raised $12,025 from 106 unique individual donors to support their project, “Support Roma Pupils Playing Music Instruments – MK.”

“We’re thrilled to have the Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education “Roma Rock School” as part of our community. Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education “Roma Rock School” has met our rigorous vetting standards for trust and community support, and we’re committed to providing tools, training, and support as they learn, grow and become more effective,” said Alix Guerrier, CEO of GlobalGiving. “GlobalGiving donors value the opportunity to support nonprofits like Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education “Roma Rock School”, knowing that they’ll get regular updates about how their donations are put to work.”

“Musically talented Roma children and youth have lack of access to musical instruments and music education due to living in poverty and social exclusion. The Roma Rock School (RRS) is working with Roma pupils from the biggest Roma settlement in Europe, Shuto Orizari – N. Macedonia using an unique curriculum combining Rock with Roma traditional music. Make your donation to support this socially innovative program of securing free music education and future music career of Roma children and youth.”, said Alvin Salimovski, project leader at Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education Roma Rock School. “Visit our project, ‘Support Roma Pupils Playing Music Instruments – MK’  to learn how even $10 can make a difference: http://goto.gg/51205 . We’re $12,975 away from our overall goal of $25,000.”

About Association for Multi-Ethnic Music Education Roma Rock School

The MISSION of Roma Rock School is to foster cultural and multiethnic understanding and cooperation between different ethnic groups in the Republic of North Macedonia through music, as well as building interethnic and intercultural understanding, respect and interaction among members of the association and beyond. The vision of the ASSOCIATION FOR MULTIETHNIC MUSIC EDUCATION ROMA ROCK SCHOOL Skopje aligns with the following goals: 1. To include Roma children and children from other ethnic communities through music education; 2. To provide opportunities for talented Roma children and children from other ethnic groups to receive music education, study solfege, and develop their practical and theoretical knowledge of music; 3. To support inclusion and multiethnic tolerance of different ethnic groups by playing and composing music with cultural and ethnic elements.

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