Tools
for Refugees
Ukraine
The war currently raging in Ukraine is creating thousands of refugees, including those fleeing to the Netherlands. Among these refugees are professional musicians and music students. They often had to leave their instruments behind. The musicians who have fled are displaced, stressed, and traumatized. By providing them with a suitable instrument, we give them an incredibly important source of stability.
Collecting Instruments
Together with musician friends and several other organizations, such as Podium Witteman (NTR), NPO Radio 4 and The Strad, we are committed to collecting instruments for refugees who need them and lending them out free of charge or even donating them. This allows them to resume their musical lives here in the Netherlands.
Offer an instrument
Do you have an instrument you’d like to make available to a refugee who plays music? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Rehearsal studios are also welcome. Click this button to let us know about your offer:
offer an instrumentProvide financial support
It’s fantastic that you’d like to contribute financially to this project! Your donation will be a huge help to the Musical Instrument Fund with its organizational efforts, logistics, restoration work, and all kinds of expenses. You can make a donation by clicking the button below. In the form, please indicate which project you’d like to support. Thank you so much!
donateConnecting with Musicians
We’d love to hear from you if you have any tips on how to get in touch with refugee musicians. Perhaps you know of organizations that help refugees get settled? The registration of refugees is handled locally, and the first question asked isn’t whether they need a musical instrument. A roof over one’s head, food, access to medical care, education for the children, and the chance to quietly get oriented in one’s new surroundings—to find peace and a sense of normalcy after a chaotic flight—these are the top priorities. That’s why we don’t always reach musicians right away.
Please share your tips with Ben Cartens: cartens@muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl
Request an instrument | Register for an instrument | Sign up for an instrument
If you know someone who plays (semi-)professionally, or if you’re a musician looking for an instrument, let us know, and we’ll try to set up a match! Email or call project leader Ben Cartens:
cartens@muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl | +31 6 138 065 40
Music Brings People Together
We hope that this will help the musicians stay in shape and not fall too far behind. Music brings people together, and in the best-case scenario, it will help them forget the war for just a moment.
About this project
The working group is doing everything in its power to make this project a success. Professionalism and attention to detail are our top priorities. We therefore ask for your understanding if a response takes a little longer than usual. If you have any questions or comments, please contact project leader Ben Cartens: cartens@muziekinstrumentenfonds.nl
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This initiative is supported by Het Cultuurfonds.
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