Burundi — Amahoro school
The first music school in the country, opened in 2014 with a container of instruments. Closed after the coup, reopened in Rutovu and later in Mugamba.
The Amahoro schoolFour countries, three continents
Music schools
Our aim is to keep music schools alive in places where learning an instrument is anything but obvious: because instruments cost too much, because there are no teachers, because state schooling does not reach that far.
We do not just ship instruments: we pay the teachers, the rent on the rooms, the night guard, the photocopies. Those are the dull things that decide whether a project lasts or fades out after a year.
Cuba — Sonríe school
In Rodas, province of Cienfuegos: a house bought thanks to donors and five paid teachers, for children, adults, older people and people with disabilities.
The Sonríe school
Scampia — Millecolori choir
A mixed choir of Roma and Neapolitan children from the Millecolori centre: treble voices, percussion, guitars and wind instruments.
The Millecolori choir
Romania — Maria Ward centre
We supported the music room of the social centre in Rădăuți, which takes in children from families in serious difficulty.
The Maria Ward centreThe projects in Burundi and Cuba began together with Spagnolli-Bazzoni Onlus of Rovereto, the association thanks to which the Echoo team took its first steps, receiving both trust and financial support.
What keeps a school standing
A music school in Burundi or Cuba does not survive on one grand gesture. It needs a steady flow: instruments arriving, teachers paid every month, a dry room, and someone answering the phone on this side of the world.
The money comes from three places: donations, the sale of the second-hand instruments people give us, and the concerts we organise.
Instrumentscollected, repaired and shipped
Teacherspaid month by month
Rooms and rentwhere the lessons happen
Transportcontainers, minibuses, shipping
Materialspaper, printers, computers
Securitysomeone to watch the school at night