Mini bus for kids from Arte Accion, Honduras, 5000 Euro  

ARTE ACCION is a cultural organization which was set up after hurricane Mitch (November 1998) to bring relief and joy to people in the destroyed capital city, Tegucigalpa, who had lost their homes. After this project, the artists decided to continue and work towards the consolidation of Arte ACCION as an association that projects artists and promotes art as an integral part of community development. Art brings alternative opportunities for recreation, expression, communication and social integration to people who do not normally have access to this.

In 2004 Moments of Joy paid for a professional light-set for Arte Accion’s performances. And for the bus tickets for two groups of teenagers from Amarateca who had been offered a computer course in the capital, free of charge. And we supported the general transport-fund to cover the costs to bring young children from Amarateca to the own premises of Arte Accion in Tegucigalpa, so that they can follow the art-lessons there, free of fear and aggression. (Amarateca is a ghetto-like village with a lot of street-gang violence.) Due to the increasing violence it became impossible to continue the art lessons in Amarateca itself. 
The most dedicated adolescents who followed the art-lessons now teach other children in villages and neighbourhoods in the Amarateca Valley. This also gives them a better status in their own neighbourhoods. 
In 2007, 30 adolescents gave art-lessons to 750 children, 8 street-festivals have been organised and a lot of workshops and performances for other organisations have also been successful. Arte Accion gives it young volunteers a small amount of money every month to enable them able to finish high school. 

In 2008 Arte Accion will focus on three villages in the Amarateca Valley, where new groups of peer-trainers will be trained to give lessons to at least 600 children in circus, mural drawing, T-shirt printing, theatre, puppet theatre and producing radio plays. 

Moments of Joy paid for a big second hand bus in 2006. This bus is well known in Honduras and neighbouring countries because of the many international tours that have been with it. It also drives around Amarateca several times a week. 
Because of the growing number of trainers and pupils, Arte Accion now needs a mini van or pick up truck to transport small groups of adolescents to the villages where they teach new groups of children. Until now it has been impossible to realise this wish as and most donor-organisations don’t want to fund transport as they want to concentrate on educative projects. This is a problem Moments of Joy has seen more often and is a pity because this way some very useful and joyful projects – in this case for hundreds of children in different villages - can’t be realised, just because of this relatively small financial problem. 

Moments of Joy would like to donate the needed 5000 euro for a mini bus or pick up truck. 

Total € 5000,-- 

adopted by the Rubrint Foundation

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