Virginia Martins

Program Administrator Cajuru Music Program – Brazil Virginia has been with PFC since the beginning of the Cajuru Music Program. She holds a degree in Education and has worked with children and teenagers her entire career. She is now working as the head administrator for the Cajuru Music program. Virginia strongly believes in the power of … Read More

Music Gives Us Peace

Mitrata Nepal Music Program – Kathmandu, Nepal Imagine if you were a young music student and had the opportunity to perform for one of the most famous musical groups in your country. For the children of the Mitrata Home, where founder Nanda Kulu has saved the lives of literally hundreds of children who had nowhere … Read More

Galeno de Castro

Music Teacher Cajuru Music Program – Brazil Galeno de Castro Júnior é músico autodidata, percussionista, multi instrumentista, pesquisador instrumental étnico e compositor, morador de Balneário Camboriú – SC desde 1987, Nascido em maio de 1979 na cidade de Lages, no planalto Catarinense. É um fomentador das mais diversas culturas musicais. Conta com um acervo de … Read More

Alan Eccel

Alan is an entreprenor from Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He graduated from Positivo University in Curitiba and is now the CEO of NDI, an international commerce company based in Brazil. Alan discovered PFC a few years ago and decided to take action to help the movement to grow. After organizing successful PFC day in 2014 … Read More

Meet with Motoom

  Khlong Toey Music Program Motoom plays the ukulele and melodica, and wants to starts singing more, too. She says that, “At home, there is not a lot to do,” so her mother encourages her to head to the music school to play. Motoom’s family sees how happy she is, and through that encouragement she … Read More

Meet with Sarju

  Udayapur Music Program – Nepal Sarju lives with his family in Tintale Village, Nepal, and has a younger brother, Suraj, who also attends the music program. He is a young man that seems to excel at everything he attempts. Born in the Dalit caste, Sarju would normally not have any opportunity for a formal … Read More

Mothers Can Change the World

Tintale Village Mother´s Society – Nepal When we provided resources to the Mother’s Society in Tintale, Nepal, we knew there was a great need. Now, several years later, we stand in awe of the creativity and courage of this group of women – and the girls who have joined them – who are using music, … Read More

Playing For Change Foundation Honored As 2016 Top-Rated Non-Profit

We’re thrilled to announce the Playing For Change Foundation has been honored with a prestigious Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations ( 2013-2016) The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the large number of positive reviews that we received – reviews written by volunteers, donors and clients. People … Read More

Ubuntu Music Program – Star School

Ubuntu Music Program, Rwanda In 2013 the Playing For Change Foundation launched a new music and sports program in Masaka, a village near Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali. The program takes place at Star School, a primary and secondary school founded by Bishop Nathan Amooti that now provides education for more than 300 underprivileged children. This … Read More

Five Years Later – Tintale village, Nepal

Udayapur Music Program & Tintale Village, Nepal After 5 years, it is clear that sustained music education is changing the lives of children and the village of Tintale in a remote mountain region of Nepal. Watch our new video and hear about the change first-hand from some people who have lived it.