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Weʼve raised £1,140 to help fund the Balkans Summer Music Camp for children with additional needs
- Funded on Wednesday, 20th October 2021
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Since 1995, we have organised annual summer camps for children affected by the war in Bosnia and the Balkan region.
This year the Balkans Music Camps celebrate their 24th anniversary. Through creative music making the children are able to write and perform their own original compositions, giving voice to emotions that could not be expressed or went unheard.
Since the war Professor Osborne has travelled to the region with a team of volunteer musicians to continue working with children and young adults with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The nature of the work is continually developing to incorporate the needs of the children and young people of the region.
While many of the people who now attend the camps did not suffer first hand war-trauma, there are increasing cases of secondary trauma. Children suffer adverse affects from the fractures evident in their societies and from being raised by extremely traumatised adults who never had access to the medical care they required.
The camps do a great deal of work with people with multiple support needs, a group that is often overlooked in the Balkan region where some would perhaps be afraid to admit to having a child with additional support needs. We work closely with The Pula Centre for Rehabilitation in Croatia and the Los Rosales Special Needs School in Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina.
All volunteers and organisers pay for their own travel - your donation will pay for the children to attend and for any covid tests needed for travel.
If you would like further information or information on how to volunteer for us please email cleacello@hotmail.com
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- 3 years ago
Clea Friend
3 years agoSo thrilled to have reached 30% so quickly. Thank you. We really need to keep pushing towards our goal so if you could share the link with friends and family that would be wonderful.
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- 3 years ago
Clea Friend
3 years agowow - a third way to our target in only a couple of days! Thank you to all who have contributed. Please share the link with any one you think might like to support this work.
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- 3 years ago
Clea Friend
3 years agoIt happens to be Nigel Osborne’s birthday today. He’ll be thrilled to hear about this fundraising success!
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19
Antonia
Jul 30, 2021
Bit late to the party, sorry, but a small donation to the huge and wonderful work you're doing xxx
£30.00
Emmeline x
Jul 22, 2021
Good Luck for a wonderful project ☀️🎶 xxx
£100.00
Anonymous
Jul 6, 2021
£50.00
Caroline Campbell
Jul 5, 2021
Such a wonderful project - well done!
£50.00
Katie Overy
Jun 24, 2021
Great this is going ahead, well done!
£40.00
John Innes
Jun 23, 2021
That's brilliant, Clea - well done!John
£50.00
Sophie Kelsall
Jun 23, 2021
Music is such an inspiration, good luck!
£40.00
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