Finally after months of preparation and planning, the MELBA Foundation was able to donate one keyboard to Romblon West Central School in the Philippines, one keyboard and one double upright bass to Jules Chevalier Music Ministry in Cebu, Philippines and a scholarship of 92K Pesos in addition to 360 notebooks and pens and pencils to the Sawang Elementary School in Romblon, Philippines. February and March of 2024 was off to a wonderful start knowing we were able to raise enough funds to donate to these schools.
The students of Romblon West even prepared an entire concert program for the MELBA board members to showcase the use of their brand new Yamaha 88 weighted keyboard. And of course, their piano students had to share their talents as well so watching everyone in action was very heartwarming.
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Our plan is to continue donating to schools in the Philippines meanwhile researching in expanding to other countries and cities such as Madagascar, Africa, India, Romania just to name a few. Our goal is to keep music education accessible including affording instruments and books.
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If you know of a school or students that would be a perfect fit for our mission or that you know needs some financial aid in music please email themelbafoundation@gmail.com.
We have more plans to continue donating music instruments to schools in need so stay tuned and follow us on Instagram to get real time updates.