THE NETWORK
Unesco
A) ABF Voices of Italy: Municipality of Camerino, San Gennaro Foundation
B) ABF Voices of Jerusalem: Magnificat Institute
C) Voices of Haiti: Fondation Saint Luc
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CONTEXT
The programme aims at enhancing the psychosocial support of disadvantaged children who live in vulnerable regions. Through the creation of regional choirs and other educational activities, ABF aims at offering empowerment opportunities to participants and to their communities, by using music as a tool to strengthen their skills, to stimulate their creativity, to promote collaboration and to offer them more chances of developing their talents.
Three projects are currently in the planning or execution phase of the programme:
- Voices of Haiti
- ABF Voices of Italy (encompassing the Voices of Peace pilot project – closed in July 2022, the Voices of Camerino project – welcoming boys and girls from the earthquake area and Ukrainian refugees, and the Voices of Naples project – opened in Rione Sanità)
- ABF Voices of Jerusalem
OBJECTIVES
- Train local Teams of qualified operators in the field of choral education and teaching
- Promote the creation of educational places that are open to differences and inclusive through choral practice • Offer a high-quality musical educational opportunity accessible to all children
- Create an innovative training approach for the development of social-emotional skills through an integrated programme that combines vocal practice with educational experiences aimed at the acquisition and consolidation of transversal skills.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
| M.U. | 2023 | 2022 | |
| Number of participants | no. | 185 | 120 |
| Indirect beneficiaries | no. | 400 approx. | 400 approx. |
| Degree of innovation | n/a | Implementation of an innovative integrated training course on technical (hard) and transversal (soft) skills in the field of choir singing | Implementation of an innovative integrated training course on technical (hard) and transversal (soft) skills in the field of choir singing |
| Choristers and project staff Jerusalem | M.U. | 2023 |
| Beneficiaries | no. | 63 |
| of whom Choristers | no. | 60 |
| of whom Staff | n/a | 3 |
| Choristers and project staff Italy | M.U. | 2023 |
| Beneficiaries | no. | 62 |
| of whom Choristers | no. | 54 |
| of whom Staff | n/a | 8 |
| Choristers and project staff Haiti | M.U. | 2023 |
| Beneficiaries | no. | 60 |
| of whom Choristers | no. | 52 |
| of whom Staff | n/a | 8 |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Stage 1: Identification on the basis of needs analysis, stakeholder mapping and partner assessment, with subsequent feasibility project;
Stage 2: Design undertaken by the in-house Team involving recipients, beneficiaries and local partners in co-Design activities;
Stage 3: Execution in partnership with local organisations supervised by the ABF team through structured and standardised forms of monitoring and evaluation;
Stage 4: Evaluation using the indicators defined in the design stage;
Stage 5: Monthly narrative and four-monthly financial reporting.
IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITIES
Through the project, local Teams of operators will be trained and coordinated for the creation of area choirs where music is also a resource for the acquisition of transversal skills. This will make for the concretisation of open and accessible, inclusive and sustainable educational centres based on choral singing.
