Red Rocks Initiatives for sustainable development works with communities around the Virunga Mountains. Here we promote development by involving local people in programs that improve community livelihood through Environmental Conservation, Arts & Culture, Education, and Community Health & Food Security Initiatives. Our work is community and partner-driven, and their ideas – from researchers and volunteers to artists and skilled professionals, and everyone in between.
We aim to leave our communities and people better off because of our initiatives. Red Rocks Art Gallery in Kinigi and Nkotsi Village creates employment opportunities for women and youth through arts and culture experiences focused on conservation. Skills sharing through workshops. Not only preserves our culture and indigenous knowledge but also acts as a place where tourists can come and experience our cultural heritage. In this setting of peace and development, our talented artists showcase the art that promotes conservation and embraces their cultural heritage.
We have monthly events eg. the Tree Planting Festival is an event that takes place every Saturday of the first week of the month. Join us at Red Rocks Centre and get to plant indigenous, trees and plants with our community.
Red Rocks Cultural Festival is an annual event that we host the last week of August and ends during the first week of September and coincides with the Annual Gorilla Naming ceremony.
Environmental Conservation InitiativeArts and Culture Initiative.
Education Initiative.
Red rocks Housing,
While in Harvesting we do this under our initiative of Agro tourism, and get clients to go and work in the farm with each family, we can allocate 2 people in each family per day to go and work with them in their farms, and get to know one other.
We do also host volunteers, they share their talents while volunteering with our community members , a memorable and unforgettable experience , below are areas you may share on the social media on what is needed from the volunteers
#1-Music Licensing
Volunteer opportunities to help with:
Research-
Calling music licensing companies worldwide to find out the process of what it takes to get in their database and get representation for Red Rocks musicians.
Researching options for making money (ringtones, radio and music ads, TV commercials)
Logistics-
Helping the musicians record music
Helping the musicians get registered into the licensing databases
Marketing-
Contacting local newspaper, radio and magazines once initiative launches
Uploading updates on our new initiatives website
#2-International Artist
Volunteer opportunities to help with:
Research-
Contacting art galleries with artists with themes of wildlife and social causes to see if they’d have our artwork there, as well as exhibit their artwork in Rwanda
Contact artists directly to invite to exhibit at Red Rocks
Research commission splits common among gallery artists
Logistics-
Find artists and galleries that contribute their art to wildlife sanctuaries and social causes and invite them
Marketing-
Contacting local newspaper, radio and magazines once initiative launches
Uploading updates on our new initiatives website
#3-Reforesting/Tree Planting
Volunteer opportunities to help with:
Research-
Contact various tree planting and reforestation companies to inquire about collaborating
Logistics-
Work with various tree planting and reforestation companies to collaborate on projects
Help assemble teams on the ground for tree planting
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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