If you love reggae music then you’ve hit the right spot. Welcome to Pangani Reggae Festival!The Pangani Reggae Festival and Africulture Tanzania Non-Profit help to save Africa´s culture and nature. Together we can strenghten the community.
The Festival
Africulture Tanzania arranges the Pangani Reggae Festival to support the local community. Half of the entrance money goes straight to the Africulture project. With the money Africulture Tanzania helps mothers with young children, who want to do a job. A day care center including a kitchen and bathrooms will be built, so that the mothers will have a safe place where their children are taken care of while they are at work.
Africulture Tent for Kids
Kids will have a place where they’ll have many things to play with and the option to meet other kids who will come to the Festival. For those kids who don’t speak English there will be volunteers who speak English as well as Swahili .
Pangani Reggae Festival Volunteer Information Guide Requirements
Volunteers are required to work 12 hours in exchange for admission both days, crew shirt and 2 meals (during shifts only). 18 and 20 hour packages are available. Ask your coordinator for details.
New Volunteers
Please call The Africultu Tanzania Community Centre (+358) 0466436419 or email volunteer@africulturetanzania.org to be added to the volunteer list, be sure to include your full name, phone number, email and area of interest or experience.
Your name and contact info will be made available to coordinators seeking volunteers. The coordinator will contact you for scheduling. If no one has made contact by June 17th please call the Africulture Tanzania office again.
Returning Volunteers
If you have already spoken with your coordinator please sign-up online.
There is a mandatory online sign-up. Go to www.africulturetanzania.org. Scroll to bottom of page and click on volunteers.
If you have no online access, see your coordinator for the paperwork. The Crew Agreement and Liability Waiver must be signed and returned to the Africulture Tanzania Community Centre by July17th.
Volunteer Check in
When you arrive at the event go to Volunteer Check-In located at the main gate. You will receive your wristband, and possibly your T-shirt & meal tickets (unless your coordinator prefers to hand these out themselves).
The Africulture Trust was created by Mnas Sanga, a young man from the large but poor village of Kinampanda, a few hours outside of Singida in central Tanzania. The third of nine children, Mnas attended primary school in Kinampanda until his mother died during childbirth. Mnas, then thirteen, left home to make a better life for himself. He moved first to Pangani, on the coast of Tanzania, and then to Arusha, in north. Mnas wandered as a street kid in Arusha for a while, picking up English through reading books and interacting with tourists. He was lucky to find within the community a Frenchman, who became his mentor and helped him to better himself. Mnas’s thoughtfulness and intelligence made him a fast learner, while his self-discipline and idealism helped him avoid danger.
In time, Mnas found employment and a stable place to live in Arusha, but it is impossible for him to forget his past. Having experienced life on the streets, he considers himself a positive role model for street children today. He now lives in Finland Helsinki. A healthy person with high aspirations, Mnas stopped eating meat entirely at age sixteen and does not drink alcohol. He cooks his own food at home and enjoys running and hiking. Mnas loves music and being with children and cares for his family members, who depend on his advice during times of trouble. His greatest dreams are coming coming true through the Africlture Tanzania and the birth of his son, Zion and Sharon.
About Africulture
"When kids are educated, when incomes rise, when reproductive healthcare is available, and when parents know that the rate of child mortality is falling, then birth rates slow." You are invited to participate with Africulture Tanzania in developing and supporting activities that provide opportunities for healing and spreading awareness about critical local needs. The warmth and friendship you share with Africulture host community members and fellow volunteers is an experience you will long cherish. As an Africulture volunteer, you are in for an adventure in cultural exchange, learning and service that will last a lifetime.
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