The Playing For Change Foundation is “dedicated to connecting the world through music by providing resources (including, but not limited to facilities, supplies, and educational programs) to musicians and their communities around the world.”
They have recently opened their first music school, the Ntonga Music School, in Gugulethu, near Cape Town, in South Africa. Watch this inspirational video:
Help Connect the World Through Music from Doug Kenney on Vimeo.
and then take a look at the amazing Playing for Change journey that has been travelling around the world since 2005:
Over the course of this project, we decided it was not enough for our crew just to record and share this music with the world; we wanted to create a way to give back to the musicians and their communities that had shared so much with us…
Now, musicians from all over the world are brought together to perform benefit concerts that build music and art schools in communities that are in need of inspiration and hope. In addition to benefit concerts, the Playing for Change band also performs shows around the world. When audiences see and hear musicians who have traveled thousands of miles from their homes, united in purpose and chorus on one stage, everyone is touched by music’s unifying power.
… and browse through the various episodes featuring musicians from all over the world who have taken part in Playing for Change. I especially like this one.