Dhow Countries Music Academy Zanzibar

All our participants in Zanzibar are welcome to take part in music lessons at the Zanzibar Music Academy (DCMA). The price for an individual lesson is 15 USD, or 10 USD per person for 2 or more participants. There are discounts for monthly subscriptions. You can learn the following instruments: Oud, Ganun, Violin, Accordion, Cello, local drums (Ngoma), Arabic percussion, Piano, Keyboard, Guitar, Zumari (a woodwind instrument similar to what snakecharmers use) and singing (voice). Group lessons exist for Kidumbak ensemble, Taarab orchestra and Ngoma Dancing.

Thanks to instructor Prama Bardwaj, Zumba, a latin-rhythm based exercise class, has arrived in Zanzibar! Group classes are now available every Tuesday afternoon. Price for one lesson is 5’000 TSH, all fees will go directly go to the DCMA scholarships’ fund.

For volunteer and internship opportunities at the Zanzibar music academy, check here.

Top participant ratings for Freddy and Adelina of World Unite! in Tanzania

Our participants who returned home from their stay abroad in the months of August to October 2011 were asked to rate our local coordinators in terms of helpfulness, willingness to assist, accessibility and understanding for their concerns on a scale from 0 to 100, with 0 being the worst and 100 being the best possible rating.

18 participants were rating our volunteer coordinator Freddy in Zanzibar and he achieved a stunning average of 95! Out of the 18 participants, 11 were giving him the full score of 100! Congratulations Freddy for your good work.

11 participants were rating our volunteer coordinator Adelina in Moshi. She reached an also fantastic average of 92.

Fenna in Morocco was rated by 6 participants and achieved an average of 97!

The picture shows Adelina and Freddy at our office in Zanzibar. Both were paid a bonus for achieving outstanding participant satisfaction. Office manager Kambona of Zenith Tours hands over a cheque to Freddy. 

All participants who completed the survey would recommend World Unite! to their friends. More than half of our participants already book with World Unite! because of the personal recommendation of a former participant.

Fab in Morocco – raising funds for Sub-Saharan Refugees with Chabaka

Fabian “Fab” Dittrich has just started his trip around the world to collect donations for charitable projects. He uses his skills in web 2.0 marketing to reach the global internet community. His bet against the internet users is that for every donation of 10 € via betterplace.org, he will find one person to sing with him. For instance, if 1000 € are being donated for a Maasai school in Tanzania, Fab has to find 100 people to perform a song with him. If he does not manage to find the required number of people, a penalty awaits him that the internet community can decide. All of this can be seen in video webisodes on http://www.fabandvivien.com.  

We assisted Fab to find his first project at the door of Africa, Tangier, in Northern Morocco. It is with CHABAKA, an NGO helping Sub-Saharan refugees. All donations that Fab can rise will help to assist Sub-Saharan refugees to travel to Rabat to get documents that give them official status of being a United Nations refugees and thus legalising their stay in Morocco. Fab has just published his first call for donations, which is a nice video where our volunteers Monika and Hannah explain about the organization.

On his trip through the world, we will support Fab in Morocco, Tanzania, Zanzibar, India and Mexico. Please assist Fab in making his trip successful by donating here!