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href="https://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/category/programs/rwanda-youth-music/">Rwanda Youth Music</a> <h1 class="entry-title">How we are working in the Democratic Republic of Congo</h1> <div id="single-below-header" data-hide-on-mobile="false"> <span class="meta-author vcard author"><span class="fn"><span class="author-leading">By</span> <a href="https://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/author/ed/" title="Posts by Ed Holland" rel="author">Ed Holland</a></span></span><span class="meta-date date published">October 24, 2022</span><span class="meta-date date updated rich-snippet-hidden">March 25th, 2024</span><span class="meta-comment-count"><a href="https://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/2022/10/24/how-we-are-working-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/#respond">No Comments</a></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-wrap no-sidebar" data-midnight="dark" data-remove-post-date="0" data-remove-post-author="1" data-remove-post-comment-number="1"> 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The workshops offer connection, joy and opportunities for creativity in the most deprived of environments.</div> </div> </div> <div class="nectar_video_player_self_hosted wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left" data-border-radius="none" data-shadow="none"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="wpb_video_wrapper"><video width="1280" height="720" class="nectar-video-self-hosted" preload="auto" controls controlsList="nodownload"><source src="https://www.musicianswithoutborders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/KYM-Blog-Video.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video></div></div></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element "> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div></div> <div> <div>Earlier in 2022, the Rwanda Youth Music team trained the new Kivu Youth Music team of 25 young Community Music Leaders with the skills to run music workshops with children and youth who are directly affected by conflict. The project aims to build communities that are prepared to act creatively and peacefully for their future. The new team of Community Music Leaders are trained to facilitate groups in collaborative and expressive creativity. The cross-border approach, wherein Rwandan and Congolese youth are the activists for social change, embodies the notion of peaceful co-existence in a context where cooperation is vital.</div> </div> <div> <div> <p><b>Why are we working in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo?<br/> </b>In just the first 6 months of 2022, over 200,000 people were displaced by violence in the area surrounding Goma, in the Northern Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Young people are particularly vulnerable. Children and youth are abducted into armed forces, and others join willingly against their backdrop of hopelessness and violence. Orphanages are full. Thousands of children are displaced by conflict, away from schools, friends and often their families.</p> </div> </div> <div> <div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="wpb_video_wrapper"><iframe title="Introducing the Kivu Youth Music team" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZteEuNX14cY?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen>
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