€15,000
Children and young people in serious difficulties
2023-2024
Children and young people in serious difficulties
Mexico
Final phase of the music school building extension project – construction of a building housing twelve individual study rooms.
The Santa Cecilia music school supported by the association was set up in the “La Agencia Vicente Guerrero” shantytown at the foot of Oaxaca’s garbage dump. The children and young people live in a disadvantaged and violent environment. The association aims to promote education, social progress, stronger connections and a decrease in violent behaviour. To achieve these objectives, instrument collections are organized, and expert musicians and luthiers are hired to teach there. The current project, supported by the Air France Foundation since 2019, will see the expansion of the current premises and the construction of a building with 12 individual study rooms. These “cubiculos” are equivalent to the study studios found in French conservatories. These rooms enable students to study their chosen instrument to the highest standard. Since 2011, the school has played a key role in social integration and has given young people the opportunity to pursue their studies in higher education, find work or return to teach the school’s beginner students.