Massimo La Rosa e John Miceli, trombonists from the Teatro Massimo Orchestra in Palermo, wanted to support an educational institution in Uganda, where music is used as a tool for growth and social inclusion. The two paid for five trumpets and five trombones out of their own pockets, and through a small collection among friends and colleagues, and sent them to the Mityana Brassband Foundation in Uganda, a very special music school. This school welcomes children aged 6 to 18, who are guided through music education as an alternative to life on the streets and the illicit activities it entails.
The founder of the school is Henry Kalungi, a young Ugandan who started by buying instruments with his own savings and created the project to help other kids like him, who grew up in difficult conditions and were at serious risk of being sucked into the web of illegality. In Uganda there are over 10 million young people,of whom 4,2 million neither study nor work, and live below the poverty line.
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