Lupembe's legacy to young people & Children
Lupembe's Music Project is an initiative supported by Mr. Francis Lupembe to teach undeserved youth and children in the Kitunda ward of Dar es salaam to read, understand, write and play music.
Music skills is all I have and I believe if I inherit the youth with it, they can live better for life.
- Francis Lupembe
About Mr. Francis Lupembe
Mr. Lupembe believes in the power of music in transforming lives of underserved youth and children.
He is 62 years old, he loves music; he's capable of playing piano and brass band and for the last 30 years he served as a church pianist at the Catholic church of Ukonga.
During his teenage age, Mr. Lupembe worked as a store keeper at the US embassy in Tanzania, after retiring he started entrepreneurship activities in Agriculture(horticulture).
Currently, Mr. Lupembe grows vegetables and keeps chickens for sell. During evening Mr. Lupembe teaches young people and children to play sheet music(Piano) in his compound.
About the Music Program
Together with Mr. Lupembe, Baraco Foundation has started an evening music program to equip youth and children with music skills in the Kitunda ward of Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Through this program youth and children have free access to program and get busy engaged in music training instead of other youth peer groups activities that may be harmful to their future and community.
Mr. Lupembe plays a great role in this program in teaching how to write, read, understand and play music. He's the one volunteering his time to teach in this program.
Program objective
To have a music production centre where undeserved youth and children will be equiped with music skills and knowledge and have access to explore, exercise, showcase their music talents and be able to find their potential in music.
About the need
As widely known, music instrument are very costfully. Our music class has only one 04 octave keyboard(piano) and one guitar.
The class require both melodic and non-melodic instrument for better experience and competency to our participants.
Such instruments includes a grand piano, keyboards, brass band instruments such as Trumpets, Trombones, Tuba and Euphoniums and not to forget sheet music books.
You can support this program
It's simple to support our music program; we love that you contact us prior or immediately after sending us a support gift so that we are aware of it.
Below are the options you can consider supporting this program;
Baraco Foundation,
Kitunda Relini or Kipunguni B.
Near KKKT church, KM road, Building No. 31.
Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Phone: +255 784 689 554
Email: office@baracofoundation.or.tz
Please, do not forget to attach a gift note or an attachment with your support gift telling us anything. We love hearing or knowing about those supporting us.
Also, consider covering all associated costs in shipping or mailing the gift because we are very small and such costs maybe a challenge to us.
You can write us a cheque payable to Baraco Foundation and mail it to our postal address below; This money will help us buy musical instrument at Dar es salaam.
Baraco Foundation,
P.o Box 40321,
Dar es salaam
Tanzania, East Africa.
Or you can make a direct bank transfer(SWIFT) to the organisation's Bank account below and write an e-mail to the office@baracofoundation.or.tz that your support gift is towards our music program.
Bank Name: NMB Bank PLC
Account No: 23010079232
Account Name: Baraco Foundation
Swift code: NMIBTZTZ
If you are from Europe or USA, you can also use NALA to send a support gift directly to our Airtel mobile No. +255 784 689 554 named Michael Sikalengo.