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SIMBA ARTS

Who Are We

We are a non- profitable organisation whose principal business is to foster social cohesion guided by ubuntu way of life/being.

We also  build bridges, promote cultural understanding, equal opportunities, empower young people and professional artists to create jobs out of dance, art and ultimately ensure that dance, art contributes to community development in Bergen, Vestlandet & Mbare, Harare.

Simba Arts collaborates with the sister organisation; Simba Arts Trust , located in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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OUR projects are occational financed by:

Bergen kommune 

Norsk kulturrådet

Sparebanken Vest

Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere

Hordaland fylkeskommune

Fanasparebank

BKK

UD reisestøtte – scenekunst 

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Supported by: Cafe Sanaa, Batteriet Vest, Carte Blanche, Fana kulturhus, Ny-kroghborg kultursenter, Naomi Restaurant, Bergen kulturskule, Simba Arts Trust, Nordic Afro Arts Network, IN2IT International Dance Festival.

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SiMbA aRts Kalchaskul

SIMBA ARTS TRUST IN ZIMBABWE

The Trust was formally registered as a Zimbabwean Public Trust in 2016 (reg. no365/16).The Trust is  a dynamic, community-oriented international rural arts development organisation.

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Our aim is to get youth off the streets/couches and into a environment where they can learn, grow and achieve manageable goals guided by the values of Ubuntu/Umunhu.

Working in collaboration with several other NGOs to ensure reaching all target groups of youth to introduce them to the projects which include: HIV/AIDS awareness, substance abuse, life skills, recycling, nutrition and other relevant youth issues.

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Email:

Tel: +263 773 73 73 41

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OUR BACKGROUND

We are two Brothers namely; Tendai Zuze Fulukia (aka Apostel) & Simbarashe Norman Fulukia (aka Simba).We were born and raised in the dusty streets of Mbare Township to retired City of Harare Clerck - Pertos Kapanga Fulukia and the late House wife & apostle; Letwin Chimutashu of Karoi District, Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe.

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Our  passion to provide opportunities , empower young people, create jobs out of dance, art and ultimately ensure that dance, art contributes to Community development began in our teen age.In the year 1997 we established an organisation operating underground and we have never looked back ever since. Our organisation went through name Evolution before we became SiMbA aRts.

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