Gaza Strip
Gaza, Rimal, Diana Street, near Shifa Hospital
Gaza
Palestinian Territories
- Arts
- Heritage
Vision:
Al Sonono envisions to be a lighthouse of different arts for kids and young people both females and males that contribute to enhance Arts as a bridge to peace where it will be promoted locally and globally.
Mission:
Al Snouno will work with the people to create an active and inspiring cultural scene through developing a creative, sustainable, diverse activities that focus on Palestinian talents in line with the Palestinian Fakelore to have a positive generation that able to develop a peaceful community.
Objectives:
1. Providing holistic formation of Gaza children and youth through music education, with special consideration for those from under-served communities.
2. Dissemination of the Culture and Arts and focus on its role in enhancing the Palestinian Identity and educating people to achieve civilized vision.
3. Revival of Palestinian Folklore and protecting its values.
4. Provision of psychosocial support for children and adolescents.
5. Enhance the cultural scene and increase the care of culture and arts.
6. Support the Palestinian talents, encourage their educational skills as well as build the capacities of young leaders able to understand diversity and practice innovation.
7. Represent Palestinian in local, regional and international events
8. Establish an audio-visual library
Al Snouno Programms:
• Psychosocial Support Programme:
Many studies have evidenced the beneficial effects of music therapy in patients with psychological disorders. The use of music as a form of therapy has shown beneficial effects in patients with psychological problems such trauma. It has been demonstrated that patients with mental disorders perceive the expressiveness of the music the same way than without mental illness. The results support that the music is a good therapeutic modality for individuals with mental illness.
In the context of Gaza Strip and the different wars and crises, People specially children and adolescents faced serious disorders. Al Snouno’s programs reaching out people with such problems and managed to decrease such problems.
• Al Snouno chorale (choir):
It’s a chorale that gathers Palestinian Children within an educational – musical programme to preserve and highlight Palestinian and Classical Arabic folklore. Besides, it enhances children’s energy, build self-confidence and encourage spirit of teamwork through group activities. It helps children to be ambassadors to Culture in their community.
• Instrumental Music training Programme:
This programme is a place for all talented in music to develop their cacapaties though a systematic and organized academic programme through different level within individual and group lessons.
Children and adolescents are trained in more than 15 musical instruments (western and Arabic) as well as musicianship for young people to develop their interest and potential in music. Trainees would attend a one to two hours’ group lesson at Al Snouno center every week.
In addation, Al Snoun manages the Plastic Arts Programme, Dabke and Palestinian Folklore, Library and Arts Forum