Greetings
to all! We did it!! We´ve reached our first goal thanks to everyone!!
Please
keep on contributing so we can buy construction materials that are still missing
to complete the school!
THE
PROJECT
Building a (Radically
Sustainable) Music School for Children. Made by the Community and Volunteers from all over the world!
Starting in November.
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IORANA
Greetings from Rapa Nui - Easter Island
I am Mahani Teave, concert pianist and one of the
founders of NGO Toki Rapanui. Welcome
to Easter Island’s first
crowdfunding project!
Our dream is that children from Easter Island can
develop their talents and learn music without
having to leave their home and families behind.
This story begins when I
was 9 years old. I left loved ones and home so I could study music. I flew
2,300 miles away from the most remote inhabited island on earth, I worked hard
and became Easter Island’s first and only concert pianist.
Thanks mum for believing in
me!
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In 2004 I returned to the
island for a concert. A young girl approached me with a letter in hand which
described her dream of becoming a flutist:
“I am
willing to leave everything behind, friends, family, my land, and go to the mainland to have the opportunity to learn," she
wrote.
That letter changed my life... I was heartbroken to
see how her dream was drowning in the immense ocean that isolates the island
from the rest of the world. For her and
many children, learning music means abandoning their home and living far away.
This is the reason behind our dream and this is why we need your
help!
Let's build a radically sustainable Music School, a unique example of earth-friendly architecture, where 15% of Easter Island children can learn for free.
The situation today:
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE MUSIC SCHOOL FOR EASTER ISLAND
This will allow us to continue our lessons and receive 225 children! We plan to add art, dance, and sculpture, and focus on endangered cultural patrimony, such as Easter Island’s ancestral chants.
Enrique Icka, member of NGO Toki Rapanui, has donated his land in one of Easter Island’s most beautiful areas! Have a look...
TOTALLY OFF-THE-GRID CONSTRUCTION
Lead by Michael Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture founder, chief architect and friend, our Music School will be an example of cultural preservation and respect for Mother Earth. During the construction we will reuse 800 car tires, 20 giant truck tires, nylon sheets, glass and plastic (PET) bottles, uncrushed aluminum cans and 4 bales of paper-cardboard. Plus solar panels, water reutilization systems, rainwater collectors and natural cooling and heating will make this totally off-the-grid school!
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". . . the Earthship is the epitome of sustainable design and construction."
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