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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.