08 September 2007 - 0 Comments

As the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan escalates, New Zealand Red Cross, together with a range of musicians in Wellington are working to make a difference.

Later this month, the San Francisco Bathhouse in Wellington will play host to ‘A Concert for Darfur’. The music event will bring together 10 bands from African drummers to blues musicians and all money raised from ticket sales for the event will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross and their operations in Darfur.

Amy Dawson, New Zealand Red Cross Wellington service centre co-ordinator, says the idea for the concert came from musician Sam Manzanza who has taken part in a number of benefit concerts in the past. Sam will be one of the acts performing at the San Francisco Bathhouse together with his band.

A catch line for the concert is “Ubuntu” which Amy says is an ancient African term meaning humanity for others.

Sudan is the ICRC’s largest humanitarian operation worldwide. It is believed that more than two million people in the country have been forced to flee their homes in recent years due to conflict.

New Zealand Red Cross currently has 10 aid workers deployed in Sudan. Our team of Kiwis are working in the field of health, protection, and water and sanitation.

The need for protection and assistance in Sudan is enormous but the volatile security situation has often disrupted humanitarian work and deprived those in need of vital aid.

Tickets for the concert cost $10 and are available from New Zealand Red Cross, Trade Aid, Real Groovy Records, Cuba Street, and Kwanzaa, The Afrikan Shop, Manners Street, Wellington.

Thanks to www.redcross.org.nz for this story.

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