All participants add their ideas, inspired by virtual events held around the world by local organizers in each city. The city with the most ideas will receive the award for the most creative city.
The Youth
Community leaders inclusding tradtional leaders
NGOs and Community Base Organisation
Inclusion stimulates productivity and growth. Sankofa is a Ghanaian symbol meaning 'Go back and Get It ' . We have a rich tradition of learning from the past to address the problems of the present, and of looking to other cultures to explore our own diverse identities. By examining social structures and interactions, and by exploring the languages, technologies and creative forms through which people communicate,
The Sankofa Project will focus on using Culture of Music and Dance to Promote Peace, Social Inclusion and Cutural Diversity .in Less developed and Conflict prone communities .
The project will apply Music and Dance in partnership with identified cultural music and dance groups in various communities and established them as Community Development Ambassadors . .
First phase : Selection of these Cultural Groups
Second phase : Orientation and establishment of Community Development Ambassadors
Third phase : Community Outreaches using traditional Music and Dance to create awareness on the need for unity , peace , team spirit and community engagement to address community needs and promote inclusion
Role Plays , Dance and Music will be used for each community outreach and for each outreach one thematic issue will be looked using cultural dance and music , poetry , role plays etc.
Community Centres will be used as a central point for each outtrech in partnership with traditional leaders and local authorities . The Sankofa project wil run for 1 year duration as a pilot
Promote unity and sense of belonging within community members
A medium to identify community challenges and address them throgh awareness creation
Advocacy for peace and development in communities
