Stave House in the Sahara
"Stave House in the Sahara" aims to facilitate the implementation of music and English language education in primary schools in the Saharawi refugee camps (SW Algeria).
The project began as a pilot, in Feb 2016, in the Lal Adala primary school in Bojador, the smallest of the 5 refugee camps. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Dr. Violeta Ruano, who has worked tirelessly to implement and adapt the programme on the ground, Stave House in the Desert finished its 5th term in May 2018. So far, 3 local teachers have been trained in the Stave House method and over 50 children have participated in the programme. From Sept 2017 to May 2018, we had the wonderful support of Beccy Allen who volunteered 6 months of her time and talents to teach English to the Stave house kids and provided further training to one of the local teachers to continue the English lessons next September.
The idea is to develop the Stave House programme over a 5 year period and train local Saharawi teachers. In the next phase, we are looking to set up the programme in other primary schools in Bojador. Ultimately, the hope is to roll out the programme to primary schools in all five camps. View blog.
Stave House creator Ruth Travers and Sandblast director Danielle Smith initially came together, in 2015, in order to find the best way to introduce the early music learning system to the camps. They approached Sandblast associate and ethnomusicologist, Dr Violeta Ruano, who accepted the mission and then trained as a Stave House music teacher. Ruth Travers generously donated both the training course, the Stave House system and pilot materials to the camps and organised a number of fund-raising events for more materials in the first year. Since 2016, Sandblast has contributed £5000 (for local teacher salaries and project management fees), donated various instruments and was the main project funder in 2017/2018. 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.
Stave House in the Sahara depends heavily on the generosity of individual donors to reach our goal of raising £6000 to continue the project next year and train new teachers. Click here to see the latest short video about the project in the last year.
Below are some short videos at different stages since it began in Feb 2016.
The project began as a pilot, in Feb 2016, in the Lal Adala primary school in Bojador, the smallest of the 5 refugee camps. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Dr. Violeta Ruano, who has worked tirelessly to implement and adapt the programme on the ground, Stave House in the Desert finished its 5th term in May 2018. So far, 3 local teachers have been trained in the Stave House method and over 50 children have participated in the programme. From Sept 2017 to May 2018, we had the wonderful support of Beccy Allen who volunteered 6 months of her time and talents to teach English to the Stave house kids and provided further training to one of the local teachers to continue the English lessons next September.
The idea is to develop the Stave House programme over a 5 year period and train local Saharawi teachers. In the next phase, we are looking to set up the programme in other primary schools in Bojador. Ultimately, the hope is to roll out the programme to primary schools in all five camps. View blog.
Stave House creator Ruth Travers and Sandblast director Danielle Smith initially came together, in 2015, in order to find the best way to introduce the early music learning system to the camps. They approached Sandblast associate and ethnomusicologist, Dr Violeta Ruano, who accepted the mission and then trained as a Stave House music teacher. Ruth Travers generously donated both the training course, the Stave House system and pilot materials to the camps and organised a number of fund-raising events for more materials in the first year. Since 2016, Sandblast has contributed £5000 (for local teacher salaries and project management fees), donated various instruments and was the main project funder in 2017/2018. 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.
Stave House in the Sahara depends heavily on the generosity of individual donors to reach our goal of raising £6000 to continue the project next year and train new teachers. Click here to see the latest short video about the project in the last year.
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 (4th stage, Sept 2018-April 2019)
by sponsoring one of their students for only £30.
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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!
