Intore Culture & Music Center
The Intore Culture & Music Center will give hope, housing and music training to Rwanda’s future leaders by providing support to Rwandan street orphans affected by the 1994 genocide.
In 2009, the powerful collaboration of LEAF International and Playing For Change Foundation made the dream of a culture & music center and dormitory for Rwandan street orphans a reality. The Intore Culture & Music Center will provide housing, traditional drumming and performance classes to Rwandan orphans and the community. As a result of the 1994 Genocide and the AIDS epidemic, 70% of the Rwandan population is under 30 and major demographic of orphans are without housing and education.
Rwanda's rich music, drumming and dance culture is preserved through mentoring local youth; Street children, through immersion in their cultural music traditions, receive valuable skill development, empowerment, self-esteem, and community connection.
"The music has changed us. We now feel proud and have hope. Through music and performance, we are example students to the rest of our community and our country"
- LEAF Intore Cultural Troupe, program participants
For more information visit: www.intoremusic.org
