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If I won I would be able to volunteer in the Kampala Music School, Uganda. Right now there aren’t enough trained music teachers to cater for its growing popularity and wide range of ever expanding musical tastes. Currently they are only able to provide adequate training on piano and voice. Teaching saxophone, flute, clarinet and oboe, I would be able to help foster the culture of music in underprivileged children and adults alike, offering them the professional training they desire but have no opportunity to pursue. I would also be in a position to train the teachers they currently have, and develop their woodwind teaching techniques, leaving a lasting impression that would benefit future pupils and really make an impact.
The community in Kampala seek to expand their musical education, and if I were to join them I would be able to help their fundraising team that assists the poorer families sending their children to the school.
My long-term goal is to be a specialist music teacher, workshop leader and community facilitator, as I believe that music culture should be an integral part of everyone’s education; it develops a wide range of skills. Learning via creativity should hold as much importance as traditional forms of instruction. The chance of volunteering in the Kampala Music School would provide me with an invaluable insight and offer me skills that I could put to use in my future goals. The knowledge I would gain from the tutors already there, as well as being submerged in an alien culture would allow me to earn an understanding of their own traditions teaching methods.
It has always been a dream of mine to visit Africa, and the opportunity that flights to Uganda would give me, would fulfil my dream, as well as aiding a community in need. It would provide me with confidence and self-assurance, and allow me to become better equipped when focusing my life and career on helping underprivileged communities at home.

My interest in community work began in earnest when I was 11 years old. My family became involved in a local charity, the Children of Chernobyl Fund, Wells; bringing groups of children from Belarus to stay with host families in the UK for a month every summer. A month of clean food and uncontaminated air benefits the children's immune system for 12 months, an invaluable respite for a child used to surviving in areas ravaged by the Chernobyl fall-out. We hosted a number of times, and subsequently became central members of the charity. The experience of getting to know the children and learning about their families and culture was both deeply rewarding and moving. Aiding the charity in their schemes and fundraising events became a large part of my life and made me realise that wherever I ended up in life community work would feature highly.
When I began my degree at the Royal Welsh College of Music, I was inspired by the community music projects that they were running. I became involved in a project with a local amateur theatre company, who provided opportunities for those with learning and physical disabilities. I also took a Workshop Leadership course where we led music workshops in local schools.
Last summer, College began a link with the KMS, and sent 3 students out there for 7 weeks in the summer. I desperately wanted to join them, but did not have the funds for the expensive flights. Their experiences were amazing, and the KMS were extremely grateful for their help. However, they long for volunteers who can stay for months at a time, and really help with not only the instrumental teaching, but with music, outreach work, fundraising, and general management of the school.
I found the whole situation calling to me to help out, and would desperately like to be able to fly out to Uganda and offer my services. It is the perfect opportunity for me to use the personal skills I have developed to really benefit a community, and stand me in good stead for the future.