OUR SOCIAL IMPACT
Music: the heartbeat of social change
- Over 12 million dollars invested in arts programs since 2008
- 3,500 children and youth accessing free music and arts education
- Programs across 23 countries and territories
MUSIC IS THE KEY!
Science has shown that learning music benefits people on many different levels. From enhancing cognitive capacities for children, teens and adults to helping memory, literacy, creativity, self confidence and collaboration skills, the power of music has already been demonstrated by hundreds of scientific studies.
We employ over 200 staff members on the ground: musicians, artists, administrators, coordinators who are able to make a living out of their work and provide over 70,000 hours of music instruction every year (and growing).
BEYOND MUSIC
PFCF’s work always starts with music but extends way beyond! From providing emergency supplies, developing environmental, educational or development projects, The Playing For Change Foundation and its partners on the ground have been supporting essential needs for the community where its programs are implemented. Here are a few example of some of the work we’ve been doing beyond our main focus of creating change through music and the arts.
Agrofarming
Academic Education
Gender Equity
Food Distribution
Medical Support
Agrofarming In Uganda
Since 2021, the PFC Foundation is supporting an agro farming initiative led by our at Sina Loketa in Uganda, addressing food insecurity in the largest refugee camp in Africa. Dozens of hectares and multiple crops are cultivated, harvested and processed every season through a creative ago farming cooperative that employs local farmers and distributes food to the most vulnerable.
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Tintale Education Foundation
PFCF is operating a primary school in eastern Nepal with more than 300 students. The school started as a humble educational initiative in the village of Tintale and has now become one of the best schools in the region, attracting students from surrounding villages and providing high quality education as well as salaries to 20 people. The Tintale Education Foundation (TEF) is a non-profit, accredited primary school that serves youth throughout the rural Udayapur district in eastern Nepal.
Fighting desertification IN MOROCCO
Our music program in Morocco, managed by our local partner Joudour Sahara is located in the southern Draa valley, a region that is experiencing a tremendous decline of water resources, desertification and rise of temperatures. Since 2015, Joudour Sahara is fighting on different fronts to help revitalize the Oasis of Mhamid. Hundreds of trees have been planted, a water reservoir has been built and Joudour is employing gardeners to restore the 3 layers of vegetation needed to maintain the oasis as a fertile and virtuous ecosystem.
Promoting gender equality In Nepal
The Mother’s Society has worked since 2009 to raise awareness in rural eastern Nepal on sex trafficking, gender violence, child marriage, and establishing new norms for women and girls to thrive and define their own futures. We break down barriers using storytelling, drama, and dance, engaging and empowering young girls across remote areas in Nepal to become the next generation of leaders.
Access to clean water In Mali
Emergency support In brazil
In Brazil, our team rapidly mobilized emergency relief efforts after the deadly floods in 2024 that displaced over 1,000,000 people. We procured more than $3,500,000 in donations and health supplies that reached 250,000 of the most vulnerable victims of the flood.