Rap projects

In collaboration with SOS Children’s Villages in Italy and Greece, Musicians Without Borders rap trainers Manu van Kersbergen and Guus van der Steen worked with unaccompanied minors, co-creating rap songs with young people to express their hopes and dreams for the future. In response to travel limitations due to the pandemic, Manu and Guus have created digital rap lessons, currently being trialed by two organizations working with vulnerable young people.

Music leadership training

We train musicians in inclusive music leadership approaches especially suited to working with vulnerable (young) people experiencing displacement. In Italy, Greece and Bosnia & Herzegovina, this has focused on work in refugee centers.

In Germany, our training programs in collaboration with Landesmusikakademie North Rhine Westphalia strengthen this center’s structural programs with local and newcomer musicians in support of social inclusion in the region.

Mobile music team

In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Musicians Without Borders works with local organizations, including Save the Children North West Balkans, to provide music activities to vulnerable refugee and host community children. Building on networks and expertise from earlier projects, we work with Bosnian musicians and trainers to expand this project to include a mobile team, capable of responding flexibly to needs and opportunities.