Project Okurase - A United Link for Better Lives

United Artists for Hope

United Artists for Hope Music Festival

UNITED ARTISTS
FOR HOPE
MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
April 18, 2009
Riverfront Park
North Charleston, SC

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Project OKURASE is pleased to announce that our highly anticipated music and arts festival will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Riverfront Park in North Charleston. The event, a family-oriented, eco-friendly festival, will feature a variety of musical acts, children's area, yoga workshops, arts and crafts, African bazaar, dancing and drumming workshops, plus much more. The sole purpose of the event is to raise awareness about Project OKURASE's work in Ghana to save children from the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.
 

Project OKURASE's roots are closely tied to North Charleston through the children of Djole, a West African dance and drumming group based out of North Charleston's Union Heights community and sponsored by the Gethsemani Circle of Friends. During the summer of 2006, the children embarked on a trip to Ghana and came home with a mission.

As a result of Djole's trip, Project OKURASE is building an arts-based center bordering the village of Okurase. Ground-breaking for the complex took place in March 2008 and the money raised from the music festival will be earmarked for a sustainable, clean water treatment system for the center. The goal of Project OKURASE is to develop a model that can be replicated in communities around the world with the central focus for the center being on green design, sustainable architecture, job and skills training, family and village-based formal education, and a family-based model for caring for children impacted by HIV/AIDS.

This festival will certainly be one of the most in-demand tickets for music and arts fans through the Lowcountry and the extended area. Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are available. If you are interested in supporting this event, please contact Jennifer Cherock at jcherock@trio-solutions.com or call (843) 216-0442.

To learn more about Project OKURASE, we invite you to read Tenisha Waldo's article from the Post & Courier.