Kalimba Explained~

The production and finishing of one kalimba.

 Who Benefits?: children and women that scour to find and pick empty tins and sell them, craftsman/assemblyman, carpenter, painter and YOU-all benefit from the production of just one Eco-friendly kalimba.

TREE Africa makes our kalimbas locally in Upper East Region, Ghana, with 80% Eco-friendly material,- empowering the community economically and helping preserve the environment.

WHAT IS A Kalimba? called by many different names depending on where you are in the world and which language you speak. Most commonly known as mbira or the African thumb piano. It is difficult to distinguish where the kalimba originates, but almost every source identifies it as originating in Africa being found in the Congo, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso.

making great use of recycled tomato tins 

Each individual kalimba is uniquely hand painted in Ghana!

100% of your purchase will support our children's program and the NGO (Non profit) in Ghana, West Africa called TREE Africa. The program is working toward transforming Ghana through teaching children the importance of recycling, creativity, education and through embracing and learning African Classical Music. Your purchase will help to support TREE Africa to continue to actively participate in Ghana's National Sanitation Day. National Sanitation Day is a monthly observance in Ghana where we are encouraged to clean our communities and become more aware of our sanitation habits for a healthier environment.  Feel good about supporting TREE...you are helping Africa and the environment! Leave us a message today about how you can purchase an original, Eco-friendly kalimba. 

Thank you for helping us to help others!

Comrades

Together we will go farther!
TREE Africa working with one of our Reach for Change comrades at Environment360 and Adventure Junkies, for their annual "Float Your Boat " event held October 2015 in Accra, Ghana.
TREE trained over 50 children how to make recycled kalimbas and had a great time with all of the other environment enthusiasts!!

Let them create

In our village in Upper East region, Ghana-Wherever we go...we encourage creativity in children. Children are the future of the world. Please look at our buddies being very resourceful after school. To them, they are just having fun. To us, it is amazing! They have made a guitar out of scraps, taught themselves how to play and made up lyrics along with local dance moves! Who said music is not educational?!

Music to my ears~

We are so proud!! Finally-African Classical Music
Thank You Akoma International Academy of  Arts of Sciences! Thank you Zaji Magazine!

TREE is more than National Sanitation Day and Cleaning. Those things are important as well, but TREE has a goal of Transforming our youth. Classical Music will help us.

Congratulations to Akoma for being the first school to implement the African Classical Music Program into their curriculum. 

classes began in September

the children are fast learners!

practicing how to hold the bow

look at her beautiful posture and confidence

the have graduated to holding a real bow..yeah!