Established
in 2006, AMAP is an arts training center and school for homeless
youth in Bagamoyo.
AMAP
offers classes in studio
art, art history and English. The center also organizes exhibits and
workshops in painting, drawing, sewing and sculpture. Students at
AMAP attend school for free and are provided with housing and two
meals a day.
Founded
by Saidi Mbungu and Pili Mtonga, AMAP will continue to serve the
Bagamoyo community by training its current students, aged 18-25, with
the necessary skills to become part of the AMAP/TCSC permanent
teaching staff. AMAP is
planning to open the training center to disadvantaged children aged
6-12 within the next three years.
The
center also runs an art gallery and sculpture park where local
artisans display their work. AMAP is actively improving the quality
of local artwork, and also enhancing general knowledge, appreciation
of art and artistic culture from all over the world with the youth
from the Bagamoyo community.
Volunteers at AMAP might teach English, share business skills, or participate in sewing activities.
Bagamoyo Young Artists Center
Activities include drama, dance, music, sculpting, batiking, tailoring, and drawing. The Bagamoyo young artist center (BYAC) is working together with partners in the Bagamoyo region, including the District Council .This is multi-faceted project to which each volunteer can contribute, based on their individual skills. Volunteers can use business related skills to help with meeting planning or grant proposals, or may teach basic English and coach sports and games.
Bagamoyo Sculpture School
The
Bagamoyo Sculpture School was established by a Swedish man named
Stanslaus Laski in 1995. The centre has the ability to recruit 30
youth students annually. The centre is supported by the Swedish
organization SVETAN through funding from Swedish International
Development Agency (SIDA). However, the funding will be phased out in
July 2008. So far they have not found another source of funding.
A
Board of Trustees, with 9 members, manages the centre; the board
members are selected by the SVETAN foundation. It is comprised of a
chairperson, secretary, accountant and others members from the
Bagamoyo District.
The
training centre’s activities include wood and stone carvings,
sculpting, drawings, designing, history of arts and anatomy
perspectives. The training centre is located in Bagamoyo town nearby
Bagamoyo College of Theatre Arts, which is about 1km from the CCS
Home-Base. The centre has a management staff of 7 people, 2 of them
are permanent teachers and 2 part time teachers, an accountant, a
security guard and 2 manual laborers.
Volunteers can teach English, computer skills, or share business knowledge.
BAOBAB
Studio is a group of 15 young artists based in Bagamoyo Town. The
group was established in 2004 by Salum Abdalla Salehe (nicknamed
Kingstone) as the founder, leader, and a very talented artist.
Kingstone’s goal is to provide the local, disadvantaged youth, who
display the talent and drive, the guidance and training on fine arts
(drawing, designing, painting), traditional music and football
(soccer).
Baobab Studio
Financially,
Baobab Studio depends on the sale of their art works which are
displayed in two art galleries. One is for selling paintings and a
second one for music performance which is called Serious Manizzle.
Baobab Studio also has a 15 street youth football team called the
Black Wizard.
www.boababstudio.net
Chibite Cultural Traditional Group
Chibite Cultural Group is a
family member group (approx 40 members); it was founded in 1985 by the late Dr.
Ubi Hukwe Zawose. The main objective of the group is to maintain traditional
dancing and create employment for their family members. The main activities are
composing traditional African music, making and later the manufacturing of African
traditional musical instruments.
Volunteers can share marketing skills and help to promote traditional African music. They can also help with childcare and teaching basic English.
Chivane Cultural Group
Chivane Cultural Group is a
community cultural dance group composed of 10 artists. The
group was established in 2000 and was officially registered in 2002. The main
activities of the group are to perpetuate African traditional music, by dancing
and composing. While engaged in their activities, they also address the issues
currently relevant and sensitive to the community by using theater art to
educate and sensitize. Chivane Cultural Group is a
community cultural dance group composed of 10 artists, 7 of whom are men. The
group was established in 2000 and was officially registered in 2002. The main
activities of the group are to perpetuate African traditional music, by dancing
and composing. While engaged in their activities, they also address the issues
currently relevant and sensitive to the community by using theater art to
educate and sensitize.
Volunteers can help with promotion and advertise, or help with children and teaching basic English.
Mivinjeni Arts and Crafts Cooperative Society
Mivinjeni Arts
& Crafts Cooperative Society is a community based carving artist group for
income generation that was
established in 1995 and registed in 2002. The group has about 20 artists with a
background of primary school education.
A majority of the members are adults aged between 18-45. The group is managed by a Chairman,
Secretary, and Treasurer. The members of the group comminicate primarily in
Kiswahili and may have limited English skills. The group was established to create self-employement for
artist. The group is very
proactive in learning the English language as they need it for marketing of
their products. They are located in
Bagamoyo town approximately 0.5km from the CCS Home-Base.
Mlingotini Sanaa Group
Mlingotini Sanaa Group is a
youth cultural group, established in 2002 and it is composed of 20 members, 15
being men. The group was founded
by Tanzania Culture Trust Fund and Bagamoyo Collage of Arts & Culture and
is based in Mlingitini village, 18km from Bagamoyo town. The main objective is
to bring the youth of Mlingotini village together to share their talents
related to traditional dance and drama.The main activities of the group are
African traditional dancing, drama and life skills. The group has a management team which is composed of a
chairperson, secretary, treasurer and executive committee board.
The Group was established in
March 2005 with 12 members out of whom 5 are women. The main purpose is helping
those become self-employed by selling traditional products.
Umoja group is involved in
doing various activities including wood carvings, making batik cloth and
designing clothes. The group is located in Bagamoyo town, 1km from Home-Base.
The leader of the group can communicate in English language while other members
can only communicate in fluent Swahili.
Unity Art Center was founded
in January 2008 for the purpose of helping those disadvantaged youth to become
self-employed with income generating activities. The center was initiated by a group of 10 young men who
planned to share their knowledge and skills with out-of-school youth and
unemployed, and street children.
The group’s activities include sculpturing, handcrafts, painting, making
batiks, carving, drawing.