Sudanese Peace Music Festival, 21-23 November Khartoum, Sudan

The Sudanese Peace & Music Festival in Khartoum "Season of Migration” was a three-day festival that provided a curated experience that blended musical performances, social activism, and an art exhibition by street children – with creative collaboration as a central and cross-cutting theme.

In parallel to the art and music performances, we hosted a number of workshops which were led by topic experts covering a wide variety of topics from visual arts to nutrition, and women’s empowerment to intellectual property rights, as well as master-classes for creatives on music, branding, YouTube content, and more.

There was also a number of other equally impactful social initiatives, such as a blood collection drive to support the Sudanese National Blood Bank in building up reserves, as well as an open invitation to donate used books to support an up-and-coming public library.

Furthermore, to ensure sustained long term impact, we renovated and beautified the venue to give back to the community and are grateful to all the dedicated volunteers that signed up to support and made this impactful undertaking possible.

This was coupled with the planting of several hundred small trees as a tribute to each of our fallen martyrs and rape victims, to support the environment and to raise awareness about desertification. There were also children-friendly activities, including the chance to paint alongside the artists.