Naweza Project funded by Nafasi Arts Space January-June 2023

End of the year 2022 we have received good news about Our Naweza Project. Nafasi Arts Space had a call under Feel free Grant 2022 the program is funded by Norwegian Embassy. Naweza Project is focusing on teaching music and dance to the kids with special needs. Workshop on Types of Disability and Role of Music in teaching students with disability was taught to our dancers and teachers from special needs school. Our Lead facilitator Megan Ndale has experience and education on Music Education on students with special needs.

Our dancers received special training preparing them to teach student with special needs. Three schools was selected . The first school was Step by Step learning Centre as a pilot program for 6 weeks 2 days a week. We used songs, instrument to teach and the results were amazing.

The other schools that the project touched was Jaffery Academy, USA Rehabilitation Centre each school our dancers went for 2 days for 6 weeks and taught music the results were amazing. The kids experienced the joy in music, music helped in their speech development, music calms and relaxes them. also they were able to express themselves.

The final performance happened at CAC and all the participants were invited and show what they have learned. The students and their teachers received Naweza T-shirts, lunch and drinks was provided for them, also transport was covered.

Very Special Thanks for Nafasi Art Space for sponsoring this.

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Sound and Light Training Project from French Embassy 2022-2023

Great news we got funds from French Embassy under SANAA Pro project. The funds are distributed by FCS, our role in this project is to give training to Arts and Creative Industry professionals on sound and light. All trainings was offered free of charge accommodation, meals and transport money was provided to the participants.

Our first training was Sound for beginners, the advert went out and we had 100 application , only 30 people was selected for the training, the training was for one week. Having seeing the demand we did another training for beginners focusing on the people who reside in Arusha. Our intermediate training for sound followed after, majority of the participants did the first training. Both practical and theory were taught . Certificate of completion was awarded to the participants.

Light training for beginner had a good response too 50 people applied and 20 people were selected to join the training. It was a week long, participants learned both theory and practical.

We have left with two training, advance training for Sound and Light scheduled to happen on November.

Again Special Thanks to French Embassy for sponsoring this.

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Hospitality and Costumer Care Training

Thanks to a Capacity Building Grant from Music In Africa Live, the Cultural Arts Centre of Tumaini University Makumira is able to offer a series of Artist Professional Skills Development training workshops in-person and virtually.

Our first training was Hospitality and Customer Care Training conducted by Watch Out Training. Watch Out is a company located in Arusha ,Tanzania and focus on Hospitality Trainings as well as Self-development Coaching. Simone the Head Trainer did the training . She has a degree in hospitality and an open and friendly approach towards trainees.

The coaching was able to awaken knowledge on hospitality, customer care , complaints and how to handle it and creating good atmosphere , sharpen resources and implement guidelines in handling food , hygiene . Six days of both theory and practical and it was quite resourceful for CAC Staff

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Capacity Building Grant from Music In Africa Live

Thanks to a Capacity Building Grant from Music In Africa Live, the Cultural Arts Centre of Tumaini University Makumira is able to offer a series of Artist Professional Skills Development training workshops in-person and virtually. The next training “Storytelling and How to share your story” led by Ben Owden of Leadership Development Trainer of Why Lead Consultancy in Dar es Salaam will be 22-25 November 2021 at the Cultural Arts Centre in Arusha, Tanzania starting at 10 am EAT daily. The CAC is located at 200 meters west of the junction of the East Africa By-pass (west side) and the Arusha-Moshi Road. To get the ZOOM link or more information please contact the CAC at info@cac.ac.tz or WhatsApp +255784052766. The link will also be posted on our here and Facebook page (/cacproj) and Instagram (cultural_arts_centre). 

About Music In Africa Live

Thousands of African musicians have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which has introduced unprecedented lockdowns and restrictions across the continent. African musicians and professionals traditionally make a living from live performances, and now they find themselves in extreme difficulty. The main goals of Music In Africa Live is to support the African Music industry by enabling musicians earning opportunities from digital live performances at a time when many of them have lost their usual income due to the pandemic; to develop critical skills among professionals to enable them to navigate challenges occasioned by the pandemic and lastly to support Music advocacy activities on the continent.  The project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut Visit the Music In Africa Live website here

About the Music In Africa Foundation

The MIAF is a pan-African, non-profit organisation based in Rosebank, Johannesburg, with satellite offices in East, West and Central Africa. The MIAF’s mission is to support the African music sector through promoting knowledge exchange and creating opportunities and capacity for music professionals. The foundation does this in two ways: digitally via the Music In Africa website (www.musicinafrica.net) and offline through training programmes, artist mobility programmes, workshops, concerts, lobbying, conferences and other related initiatives.

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End of semester concert

End of semester’s concert entitled “We share music with love Concert ” at Makumira’s Cultural Arts Centre Performance Hall happened on 25 July 2021 from 5-7pm. 27 music students presented choir, drumming and dancing, African Fusion, brass and more.