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Freedom to Create Concert beneficiary
Freedom to Create is an international organisation that recognises the role of the arts to transform lives and influence positive social change. Each year, Freedom to Create chooses a different country and a local organisation with a similar vision, to benefit from ticket sales for their annual prize giving ceremony. This year, the MTCC was nominated by Freedom to Create as its local organisation of choice.
The 2011 prestigious awards ceremony took place on a perfect summers evening in Kirstenbosch Gardens, at the foot of Table Mountain. Management Committee member, Therese Hulme, received the donation on behalf of the MTCC. In thanking Freedom to Create on behalf of the children of the Cape Flats, seventeen year old Marcelino Fielies told the crowd that the music of the MTCC had changed his life, and that the donation would make change through music a reality for many more of Cape Town’s disadvantaged children.
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MTCC Wins prestigious international award!!!
At a glittering gala event in Washington DC on 14th October 2010, attended by Heads of State, royalty, ambassadors and other dignitaries, the MTCC was honoured with a prestigious award from the Mentor International Foundation. Mentor is a non-governmental organisation that works globally to prevent drug misuse in young people. Their primary focus is the health and well-being of children with the aim of allowing them to develop to their full potential.A total of only four awards are presented globally each year, so we feel especially honoured to receive the Innovation Award which “recognises organisations whose work indicates significant promise for achieving effective outcomes in preventing drug abuse” for our Heideveld Trauma Project (Music for Life). The office was abuzz with excitement as our executive director, Sunelle Fouche, was whisked off to Washington DC, USA to receive the trophy and financial award at a black tie gala evening held at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel. The awards were presented in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen of Sweden. Sunelle also attended a pre-gala luncheon where she was delighted to meet Her Majesty as well as a host of other dignitaries including royalty and ambassadors from across the globe. She also had an opportunity to deliver a short presentation about the MTCC’s work, which was well received by the guests. As Sunelle commented in a message to everyone back in Cape Town : “I am very proud of us all today!”Mentor International has also committed to forming a continued relationship with the MTCC and we look forward to their input and support, and thank them for recognising the hard work and dedication of the organisation and our commitment to our beneficiaries.
MTCC Vision and Mission
Our vision is for children and young people to generate hope and possibilities for their lives through shared engagements with music.
The MTCC's mission is to join with communities by offering therapeutic services and creating and strengthening musical resources and support networks to benefit some of Cape Town's most vulnerable and marginalised children and young people.
MTCC Background
The Music Therapy Community Clinic (MTCC) is a Non-Profit Organisation that provides Music Therapy services to underprivileged and previously disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa.
Music is a social resource, a way to heal and strengthen communities as well as individuals. Our aim is to use active music-making to have an impact on the psychosocial fabric of the communities in which we work.
The MTCC's Guiding Principles are:
• to be invited by the community to practise Music Therapy on their premises. We do not plan to own premises but rather to remain as a ‘travelling’ service;
• beneficiaries will obtain a free service as they are unable to pay for Music Therapy;
• we will maintain high professional standards with regard to Music Therapy ethics and practice.
History
The MTCC was founded in September 2002 and registered as a Non-Profit Organisation in November 2003. Two Music Therapists started on a part-time, voluntary basis, offering Music Therapy sessions to school children in Heideveld, Cape Town. The community was very supportive of the early work, which led to the establishment of an official Music Therapy Programme. Since then, the organisation has grown and now runs four projects.
1) Moms and Babies Programme
2) ECD Programme
3) Music for Life Prograqmme
4) Youth Programme
5) Music Therapy Programme
Tax Exemption for donations
The MTCC is a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO#930011978) and donations to the organisation will be tax deductible in the hands of the donors in terms of and subject to the limitations prescribed in section 18A of the Income Tax Act.