DRUMMING UP COMMUNITIES!

DRUMMING UP AWARNESS

 

What better way to get your message to the community than letting the Drums Talk!

Hamanah offer fun, instructional African Drumming and Dance workshops, facilitated drumming circles, interactive drumming shows, explosive performance group – HAMANAH KANG and unique cultural entertainment for community festivals, cultural events, charities, community groups, youth, private parties, families, health and wellbeing.

African music & dance is appealing to an audience because it invites people to participate.The performers & audience are not separated, instead everyone is involved on a musical journey, leaving them inspired & informed of your cause.

Hamanah has helped the following organisations:

SOS - Sumatran Orangutan Society, Jodie O'Shea Orphanage, SMART - Save Money & Reduce Trash, Rhythms of the Ocean, TICK TICK TICK, STOP Take Action Against Poverty, "Beat Illiteracy", Ubud Community Park & many more..

Hamanah taught a free weekly class for 44 children at the Jodie O’Shea Orphanage in 2009.

Drumming allows the kids to forget about life problems and enjoy themselves.

SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM - Help us continue to bring joy to these kids by sponsoring this program..

Donations of Rp.400,000 ($40 US) pays for a 1 hour class for more than 45 kids.. 

Hamanah supports the plight of SOS – Sumatran Orangutan Society.

The Critically Endangered Man of the Forest.

Hamanah is passionate about creating awareness of the deforestation in Indonesia & the facts about “legal mahogany” & Eco Drums  READ MORE

JODIE O’SHEA ORPHANAGE

Like most things in life, implementing the decision to open an orphanage in memory of Jodie O'Shea, did not happen overnight. In the aftermath of the Bali bombing on October 12, 2002, many people wanted to contribute in some way to create a future of opportunities for those who had very little. A compassionate and determined group of people combined their resources to improve the lives of children here in Bali. We extend our heartfelt thanks to those people for their commitment - their support enabled building to commence in March 2005 and we opened our doors four months later.They have over forty children ranging in ages from 1 to 17 years. Of these children, nineteen are from Sumba, a very poor and arid island to the east of Bali, and four are from Bali. Hamanah director Catur was also a casualty of the Bali Bombings 2002. It is this special connection that has enabled Hamanah to have the privilege to work with these kids.

Jodie O’Shea Orphanage survives solely on donations from the world community. You can show your support by sending donations, supplies or volunteering your time when in Bali.

www.careforbalikids.com

 

SOS – SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN SOCIETY

The Sumatran orangutan has been classified as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN, the World Conservation Union. The population of wild Sumatran orangutans has declined drastically from over 12,000 in 1994 to 7,300 in 2003. The latest data in 2008 estimates that there are now only around 6,500 remaining in the wild. Orangutans were historically found in forests across Sumatra but are now restricted to North Sumatra and Aceh provinces. There are less than 900,000 hectares of suitable orangutan habitat remaining on the island of Sumatra. The Sumatran orangutan population is declining by as many as 1000 per year. Current estimates suggest that they could become extinct in the wild in less than 10 years. The major threats to the survival of orangutans are habitat loss and the illegal pet trade. The decline of the orangutan in Borneo and Sumatra in recent years symbolizes the devastation of one of the world's biodiversity hotspots - the lowland rainforests of Southeast Asia. Across the orangutans' entire range, conversion of forests to oil palm plantations is occurring on a massive scale, logging continues even within protected areas, and planned road networks threaten to fragment the habitat of the last viable populations. These factors are responsible for the loss of over 80% of orangutan habitat over the last 20 years.

HELP SAVE the OrangutanCritically Endangered Man of the Forest www.orangutans-sos.org

DEFORESTATION & ILLEGAL WOOD

Deforestation and forest degradation have reached an alarming rate in Indonesia, as is the case in much of the world. On average, Indonesia loses forest area equal to 6 football fields every minute. Overall, Indonesia has lost over 72% of its natural forests - 40% of which have been totally degraded because of destructive and/or illegal logging, large scale logging activities and conversion to other uses. Most Indonesian consumers never ask the source of wood they buy, and never pay attention to what impact their purchasing may have on the environment or indigenous people's livelihoods. Indonesia is 3rd largest greenhouse gas producer due to deforestation.

Each year hundreds of thousands of hectares of peat lands are drained and cleared for oil palm and timber plantations. Generally, developers dig a canal to drain the land, extract valuable timber, then clear the vegetation using fire.

In dry years these fires can burn for months, contributing to the "haze" that plagues southeast Asia on a regular basis.

Over 90% of Indonesian Mahogany is illegal.

The larger majority of export Djembe Drums are made from Mahogany.

Many suppliers or manufactures feel obliged to assure consumers their drums are ECO friendly. Some can even show doubtful government certification.

The truth is that whilst they may posses certification their stock may only hold a few ECO drums with the rest being illegally farmed Mahogany..

Hamanah urges the world drumming community to be more mindful of Indonesia's environmental crisis & ask for a certificate of origin for the timber...

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR WOOD OR DRUMS ARE COMING FROM?



 

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 19 July 2010 16:58 )