“I used to work with refugees, now I am one.” “I have been in Berlin for nearly two and a half years now”, Bashar tells me. We meet on a hot June day outside a café in Neukölln. He is an energetic, engaging character, yet he is marked with a shy modesty. This is reflected […]
Project Project Bantu Fundação Cultural Internacional Location Sydney, Australia Target Project Bantu is a therapeutic intervention that introduces Capoeira Angola to young people from Aboriginal or refugee backgrounds. The project combines the healing potential of musical and physical expression to produce a range of social and learning outcomes. Mestre Roxinho believes that his program “helps […]
About As reporting and data collection in the development industry become more central, grassroots actors are losing their ability to focus on their work and the people they should be helping. Tarek Alsaleh has participated in a TEDx Talk calling for human relationships to be returned to the centre of aid and outlining how technology […]
Project Proyecto Casa Quilombo Location Ecuador, Quito Target Proyecto Casa Quilombo aims to create a permanent spacefor Capoeira Angola, which serves as the basis for the generation of social and cultural projects with a focus on human development and group facilitation. Impact The ACANNE – EC Foundation, with the different projects and spaces that have […]
As we come to the end of 2017, I’ve been reflecting on the idea of generosity of spirit. To work in an NGO in war zones and areas of conflict, tests our ability to be the best of who we are. Daily, we are faced with much of the worst of humanity. Reading the Charter […]
Project Abada Capoeira La Paz Location La Paz, Bolivia Target Provide access to the knowledge and benefits of capoeira and use this as an inclusion / training tool for good citizens, which in the future will be leaders and community leaders. Impact It was established in Bolivia in 2009 by initiating work with the CEIFMA […]