BUSKAID AWARDED A MAGNIFICENT GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY DISTRIBUTION TRUST FUND!
WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE NLDTF HAS ENABLED BUSKAID TO UNDERTAKE A NUMBER OF EXCITING PROJECTS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE SHALL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THESE PROJECTS IN OUR NEWSLETTERS.
Buskaid and The Big Give - a wonderful response from our supporters!
We are still calculating the amount of funding which is now available to Buskaid as a result of extremely generous donations to the Big Give from numbers of our supporters. We shall post the full amount on our website shortly.
In the meantime we should like to thank all of those people who so generously responded to our appeal, as well as the Reed Foundation for its support in the form of matching funding.
Proceeds from a landmark publication to benefit The Buskaid Trust !
South African Economic Policy Under Democracy (OUP March 2009), edited by Janine Aron, Brian Kahn and Geeta Kingdon, provides an up-to-date assessment of South Africa’s economic policies and performance under democracy. The authors are a set of eminent international and South African specialists in their fields, and the book is edited by two UK based academics and a senior SA policy maker from the South African Reserve Bank. The editorial royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Buskaid Trust. Dr. Janine Aron has stated in the preface that this book “…recognises the importance of beneficial social networks, and the commitment of state funding to long-term educational and social projects for the disadvantaged.”
Soweto Strings DVD
Mark Kidel's moving documentary about the Buskaid Project will soon be available for online purchase. Please visit this website for news of its release date.
Forthcoming Concerts and Events 2010
Our next concert is on Thursday 8 April at 6:30pm at the Botshabelo Mission Church, Botshabelo Nature Reserve, near Middleburg. This concert will be the culmination of a nine-day music and environment workshop for seventy Buskaid students. There is no charge for this concert.
For more detail please contact our office on 011 442 9676
A VERY EXCITING CONCERT IN SOWETO!
ON SUNDAY 18 APRIL AT 2PM SHARP THE BUSKAID ENSEMBLE WILL BE PRESENTING A COMMUNITY CONCERT IN DIEPKLOOF, SOWETO.
THIS CONCERT WILL BE FILMED BY THE BBC FOR BROADCAST LATER THIS YEAR DURING ITS VERY POPULAR SUNDAY EVENING PROGRAMME SONGS OF PRAISE WHICH IS WATCHED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UK
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING A TRULY REPRESENTATIVE RAINBOW AUDIENCE FOR THIS CONCERT (THE AUDIENCE WILL BE ON CAMERA!).
BUSKAID COMMUNITY CONCERT
THE UNITING REFORMED CHURCH OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
DIEPKLOOF
We advise you to come to our music school in Diepkloof at 1:30pm so that we can lead you to this church. You can request directions to the music school from our office 011 442 9676. It is essential that this concert starts promptly at 2pm! Entry is free.
OUR FINAL PUBLIC CONCERT FOR 2010 WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE LINDER AUDITORIUM ON SATURDAY 21 AUGUST. PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAIL.
