Accelerator 2024 Seed Grants Announced‼️
Ten OneBeat alumni to receive the OneBeat Accelerator, a seed grant towards the development and implementation of socially-engaged initiatives. This year’s 2024 Accelerator recipients span nine countries and support projects that address issues ranging from music therapy and healing to preservation of local knowledge and traditions to youth empowerment through music to awareness and support for differently-abled artists.
To date, the Accelerator has supported more than 50 incredible projects that promote youth education, women’s empowerment, civic engagement, the documentation of unheard voices, robust creative economies and much more. OneBeat is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and produced by Found Sound Nation.
The recipients are -
The Sound Artifact Residency
Septina Rosalina Layan(
@septinalayan ) | OneBeat Borneo | Indonesia
WHUGBE (Anlo-Ewe Sound Packs)
Chris Parker Edzordzi Sefogah (Megborna)(
@megborna ) | OneBeat Ghana | Ghana
Steal the Stage
Hannah Standiford(
@mrmisshannahmarie ) & Susan Augustt(
@susan_augustt OneBeat Ghana | USA & Ghana
Komló Express
Vera Jonas(
@verajonas_ )| OneBeat 1 | Hungary
Y Studio Sipalay City
Aquil Charlton(
@mraquil ) | OneBeat 1 | USA
Harmony Beyond Barriers
Mujeeb Ur Rehman(
@mujeebruzik ) | OneBeat 12 | Pakistan
Tumaco Sonoro Festival
Ana Lucia Quiñones (
@_analumusic ) | OneBeat 11 | Colombia
Música, Señas y Sentido
Federico Rincon(
@federincorincon ) | OneBeat Virtual 4 | Colombia
Empowering Futures: Harnessing Creativity, Music, Arts, and Crafts for Child-Centered Community Healing and Transformation
Bongiwe Lenga (
@mthwakazichosi ) | OneBeat 11 | South Africa
Petit Prince HandiSchool Culture Day
PPS(
@pps_the_writah ) | OneBeat 1 | Senegal
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