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Volunteers for Creative Festival of Water

Genre : Communiqués
Contact details Sustainable East Africa
Principal country concerned : Column : Arts and crafts
Release/publication date : 2014
Published on : 14/11/2014
Source : Rebecca Maguire

We, in Unguja and Pemba – the islands of Zanzibar - are surrounded by water – and the monsoons bring us fresh water every season. We love our water - but we have our fair share of water problems too!
 
For March 2015 we are planning a Creative Festival of Water– to celebrate the water we have in all shapes and forms, what we'd like and what people are doing across the islands to achieve this.
 
Through music, performance, visual arts and media – we aim to bring communities together to have fun, to explore and to celebrate creativity and artistic talent. We'd like the festival will be a true sharing and reflection of the talent and entreprenteurship living on the islands, together with other creative people from across the globe.   
 
Who are we?
The Zanzibar team currently consists of a group of people both from within the community of Matemwe and from those who have made Matemwe their home – together with Sustainable East Africa (SEA).
 
Who do we need with what skills?
Over the next few months – up until the April event – to assist in the co-ordination and the marketing of the Festival
We need people with the following skills:
Festival Administration and co-ordination;
Fundraising;
Marketing skills;
Communication / social network management;
Design skills.
Creatives and Artists living in Zanzibar or Tanzania who would like to support people doing a creative school or community project about water in the Matemwe area:
Filmmakers
Visual arts
Musicians
Sculptors
Poets
Other …
 
To find out more, to join in, or to volunteer your talent and creativity, go to www.sustainableeastafrica.org/volunteer-creative-festival-water-2015

Partners

  • Culture and Development East Africa
  • Mambo magazine
  • Zanzibar International Film Festival
  • Arterial network Tanzania chapter
  • Maisha Music

With the support of