
A South African NGO is using sound business practice and heaps of passion to deliver music as an instrument of social change © Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi
The foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established by the PG Group in 1997 when the local glass company celebrated its centenary. Wanting to create a project to benefit young people in under-resourced areas, the foundation borrowed the American field band tradition, adapted it for local conditions and used recreational musical tutelage as a vehicle for skills transfer.