Stave House in the Sahara
"Stave House in the Desert" aims to facilitate the implementation of music and English language education in primary schools in the Saharawi refugee camps (SW Algeria).
It began as a pilot, in Feb 2016, in a primary school in Bojador, the smallest of 5 refugee camps (Bojador). In Sept 2017, Stave House in the Desert entered its 4th school term. The idea is to implement and develop the Stave House programme over a 5 year period and train local Saharawi teachers in order to eventually roll out the programme to primary schools in all five camps. View blog.
Stave House in the Desert depends heavily on the generosity of individual donors and the sponsorship of individual Saharawi children to carry on.
We received initial support from Ruth Travers, the creator of the innovative Stave House music teaching method. She donated the system and pilot materials to the camps and trained Sandblast associate and ethnomusicologist, Dr Violeta Ruano, as a Stave House music teacher, to lead the project. Support has also been given by the London College of Music at University of West London for music learning certification of the children participating in the programme. Oxfam gave a small grant of €2500 to refurbish a dedicated Stave House school room in the primary school. Sandblast has contributed £5000 so far towards the running costs of the project (local teacher salaries and project management fees) and will be the main funder of the project for the next 6 months in 2017/18.
Below are some short videos at different stages since it began in Feb 2016.
It began as a pilot, in Feb 2016, in a primary school in Bojador, the smallest of 5 refugee camps (Bojador). In Sept 2017, Stave House in the Desert entered its 4th school term. The idea is to implement and develop the Stave House programme over a 5 year period and train local Saharawi teachers in order to eventually roll out the programme to primary schools in all five camps. View blog.
Stave House in the Desert depends heavily on the generosity of individual donors and the sponsorship of individual Saharawi children to carry on.
We received initial support from Ruth Travers, the creator of the innovative Stave House music teaching method. She donated the system and pilot materials to the camps and trained Sandblast associate and ethnomusicologist, Dr Violeta Ruano, as a Stave House music teacher, to lead the project. Support has also been given by the London College of Music at University of West London for music learning certification of the children participating in the programme. Oxfam gave a small grant of €2500 to refurbish a dedicated Stave House school room in the primary school. Sandblast has contributed £5000 so far towards the running costs of the project (local teacher salaries and project management fees) and will be the main funder of the project for the next 6 months in 2017/18.
Below are some short videos at different stages since it began in Feb 2016.
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SPONSOR A SAHARAWI CHILD!
Help fund Stave House in the Sahara (3rd stage, Sept 2017-April 2018)
by sponsoring one of their students for only £30.
Interested? LEARN MORE.
If you want to be involved and contribute to facilitate music education in the Saharawi refugee camps, consider giving a donation for the project. A little can go a long way!
