2011 calendar on sale!

WE JUST FINISHED A GREAT YEAR BRINGING MUSIC TO 12 SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 900 CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH LOW-INCOME

IN ORDER TO RAISE MORE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, WE NOW HAVE ON SALE THE FIFTH EDITION OF OUR CALENDAR. WE SHIP WORLD WIDE!! ORDERS CAN BE PLACED VIA ritmoenlosbarrios@gmail.com



It has been another great year for “Ritmo en los barrios”. The following are the highlights:

-The organization of the I Regional Meeting for Music Educators in which we were able to sponsor more than 80 teachers coming from all over Nicaragua to receive musical training for three days.

-The addition of 3 more schools in our project including a Special Education one where we are working with a group of blind kids.

-The visit of “Orquesta de Camara de Siero (Asturias, Spain) which consists of 35 musicians who made a donation of instruments and delighted the children with educational concerts in the schools

-The visit of many more talented volunteers who helped us in Nicaragua as well as when they got back home were they organize concerts, exibitions, etc to promote the project.

-The incorporation of a new teacher to our team thanks to whom we can now offer permanent violin lessons.

-The participation in a meeting in Córdoba (Spain) with other organizations from all over the world with the same goals than ours.

-The celebration of the IV Ritmos Solidarios concert were nearly 100 kids offered their music in benefit of those affected by the floods in Malacatoya.

In order to raise more funds that would allow us keep making this project possible we have now on sale the fifth edition of our CALENDAR which has a suggested price of €8, £8 or $10 (100 córdobas in Nicaragua).

Orders can be placed sending an email to ritmoenlosbarrios@gmail.com and paid through PayPal or bank transfer.

We also need volunteers to help us distribute the calendar

Thanks for your attention and, please, forward this message to other people that might be interested.

Truly grateful.

great news!

The second semester of the Nicaraguan school year started last month and along with it came many good new that we would like to share with our friends and collaborators.



-For the fourth consecutive year our benefit calendar sales was a success. Nearly 600sold and $7200 collected. Thank you very much to all of you for contributing with the cause especially to Marta Moreno for donating her photos, time and for doing a great job in creating the calendar! (For more info here).




-A few weeks ago we were visited by the “Orquesta de Camara de Siero (Asturias, Spain) which consists of 35 musicians who made a donation of instruments and delighted the children with educational concerts in the schools. (For more info and photos here)

-With the incorporation of a new teacher to our team we can now offer permanent violin lessons in our project. (For more info and photos here)




-In July we organized with MELB, the I Regional Meeting for Music Educators in which, thanks to several donations, including $ 400 from Nova Fraser and $100 from Janice Gallagher, we were able to sponsor more than 80 teachers coming from throughout Nicaragua to receive musical training for three days. (For more info and photos here)

-We started the year with a 12-hour festival in Argentona (Barcelona) were 7000 Euros were collected, money that was distributed amongst Ritmo en los Barrios and other organization in Peru! (For more info and photos here)




-Our close friends and Ritmo en los Barrios collaborators Angelina and Josep who were married on June 12 in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda (Barcelona) donated the 9000 Euros given to them by friends and family to three charitable causes: Doctors Without Borders, Fundació Josep Carreras and Rhythms in the Barrios. (For more info and photos here)

-Ritmo en los Barrios has been invited to participate in the V Conference on Culture and Development to be held in Cordoba (Spain) 23 and 24 September. These conferences, organized by CIC Bata, will revolve around music for human and environment development. Organizations from Brazil, Senegal, Cuba, Spain, Morocco, Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua will be participating. (For more info here)




-Thanks to an agreement with the Foundation “Hotel con Corazon “, we can now offer classes in two more schools, which brings us to a total of 11 school, where more than 900 children receive music as they are now funding a teacher’s salary and purchasing more instruments. (For more info and photos here)


Thank you very much to all who make this possible!!