The Junior Rosa Choir is crowdfunding to cover their travel costs for the year and take their talent to the stages across the Western Cape.
Cape Town, South Africa (22 April 2022) – The Junior Rosa Choir has been started in the Western Cape to cater for children from Manenberg, Langa, Kalksteenfontein, Gugulethu, Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu. They are raising funds to pay for transport to start showcasing their talents.
The Junior Rosa Choir was established by the Cape Cultural Collective in 2016. The Cape Cultural Collective focuses on communities in the City of Cape Town. The CCC unites communities and promotes personal and community development through the Arts.
The children who are between the ages of 10 and 14 reside in Manenberg, Langa, Kalksteenfontein, Gugulethu, Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu. Many of their families face a daily struggle for survival. They battle to make a living and put food on the table and some experience the trauma of gang violence.
For a few hours every week, they can relax and experience the joy of singing together without restraint. They gather for practice under the guidance of a qualified music teacher, singing in English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa.
Their confidence and self-esteem grows visibly with each musical session. Singing together breaks down cultural, language and spatial divisions. Music improves their learning abilities and promotes harmony among the singers. They also participate in performances, an annual concert and a summer camp.
The partners in the initiative are the CCC and the Denis Goldberg House of Hope, an arts development centre in Hout Bay inspired by the late Rivonia trialist who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 along with Nelson Mandela and others.
About 16 children from the Hangberg and Imizamo Yethu communities are part of the choir.
Transporting Talent
One of our biggest needs to ensure the sustainability of the Junior Rosa Choir is transport, which accounts for about half of the choir’s expenses annually.
To help cover the fuel costs for the remainder of the year, estimated to cost R30 000, a crowdfunding campaign has been launched on BackaBuddy, so that the children can continue their magical experience of singing, developing and moving around the City.
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