The Volmoed Youth Drumming project

More than meets the eye ….

Can drumming

empower young people?
foster a sense of community?
contribute to healing and reconciliation?
provide an income?

These were the questions the leadership team of VYLTP considered as it decided to roll out a drumming project at Volmoed in 2022. It is a huge success. Previously unemployed youth have since learned

to play an African drum;
entertain audiences;
lead drumming circles at schools, hospitals, corporate events, and team building functions;
make, decorate and sell drums.

How did it unfold?

We were fortunate that Bevil Spence (see Home – | drum360.net), a drummer, drum maker and drum circle facilitator for more than 20 years, availed himself to help us make this project a reality at Volmoed and also in the Greater Hermanus area.
The first phase of learning to drum (September to December 2022) was made possible by drummers in Hermanus, mobilized by Don Shay and Wilma Jakobsen, who paid to learn how to drum and, in the process, subsidized the training for the young people from Zwelihle and Mount Pleasant. St Peter’s church in Hermanus supports the project by making its space available for the group to practise. Other supporters of the project have been The Church of Christ in Zwelihle, and La Pentola Restaurant in Hermanus.

In January 2023, we started training towards the making of drums. See them in action in the workshop and consider buying or sponsoring a drum!

Interested? Please email Siyabonga Vonco at Siyabonga.vonco@gmail.com

Or WhatsApp Edwin Arrison at +27 84 735 1835

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