Kazana Cultural Group

Kazana Cultural Group is a community based organization that was founded in the year 2010 by a group of local volunteers comprising of young boys and girls with different expertise and talents especially in playing different musical instruments, music composition and singing amongst other things.
The group’s main objective is identifying, nurturing and offering psychological support to the children and youth with talents from local communities through organized events.
The group has 120 children, where 75 are boys and 135 girls below 18 years. The project does not offer formal education, but offer guidance to children and youth as well as nurturing talents on different areas. The project cordinators meet the children when they are out of school especially during the weekends and during holidays. The short holidays are during the months of April and during long holidays in November and December. During these holidays, the children meet at Kazana cultural centre with group members. During this period, the children are taught playing of musical instruments, playing football, volleyball and hockey. They are also trained on using locally available materials to make simple toys.

NATURE OF WORK
 Teaching of how to play guitar and keyboard
 Engaging the children in music lessons
 organizing of recreational activities for kids/youths
 Planting trees and flowers in nursery/seedbed for beautification of the centre
 Playing together with children through extracurricular activities such a sports and dance