Casa Del Sol - Music School & Safe Space for Palomino Youth

AFRONAUT FUNDRAISER: NOVEMBER 2024

Please donate to support the gifted students at Casa del Sol Community Center - a safe space for children to learn music and continue the traditions of their Afro-Caribbean heritage in Palomino, Colombia

We have a goal to raise $2,500 by Nov 19, 2024 for these beautiful children to continue studying traditional Cumbia music & dance in a safe space and take advantage of special opportunities, including the Caribbean Cultural Music Conference in Cartagena this November 2024!

During my travels & tours in Colombia, I visited the beautiful Caribbean-coastal town of Palomino, where our group participated in a musical exchange with a children's art program called, Casa del Sol Community Center.

"Your donation allows us to continue with this project that integrates the community and its context, offering weekly classes, research trips and cultural exchanges with teachers who visit us with their knowledge." - zol Alvarez

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The program's founder, a talented musician named, zol Alvarez (pictured above) rescued the community center space (a small structure with a backyard patio and open lot) that was previously inhabited by drug dealers and used for micro-drug trafficking in the area. In January 2022, she began rehabbing the community center space by cleaning and painting the walls, renovating the structure with repairs, and removing large amounts of garbage. While they've made significant progress over the past year, there is still considerable work to be done, including big adaptations that need to be made to the building's infrastructure and foundation.

Casa del Sol resides directly next to a small community of 30+ families living in homes built from plastic that are experiencing structural damage and dealing with the effects of extreme gentrification. However, the most vital and complex issues in the neighborhood arise from problems with the town's water system, which has led zol and her team to search for alternative options for their program and ways to support the community.

PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM & THESE STUDENTS!!!

Thank you so much for reading this post & supporting this cause! Please share with more people in your community if you can and keep in touch for more updates.

CLICK HERE to read my post from 2023 via www.mhtheverb.com