Building Dreams,

One Note at a Time

If you desire to make a difference in the world, You must be different from the world

Discover a Path, Create a Destiny.

Because you have the power, the will and the heart.

Be a crusader of the world, join hands with us in creating a

better world for the less fortunate.

We had the books, but no one to teach. We learnt the alphabet but had nowhere to reach. And then one day I learnt that even I can be someone important. They didn’t just teach me to play the keyboard, they gave me a new way of life.

Even if one of our student earns a single rupee more than what he/she would otherwise earn, our efforts have been fruitful
- Arjun D'souza, Co-founder.

In a world that moves at the speed of light, everyone is trying to play catch up. Music for Change was born as an antidote to this fast, harsh world. When founders Ashish Palanna and Arjun Dsouza stepped into a blind school for the first time, they knew that they wanted to make a difference. But how? All they had is music. And it turns out music was all they needed.

Run by administrator Leona Aranha, Music for Change is an Non- profit organisation that empowers specially-abled , physically or financially disadvantaged children with music and dance. Along with free instruments and music and dance classes at schools in and around Mangalore, Music for Change provides children with more advanced skills, better opportunities and a career path.

No, starting and running an NGO wasn’t a piece of cake. The number of students didn’t match the resources that were available. And hence culminated the plan for a fundraiser, which after months of knocking on doors, rejections and obstacles took place on 24th of April with the help of friends, relatives and well-wishers And with this, began a journey that was going to change lives.

Once classes commenced at Roman and Catherine School for the Blind and Chethana Child Development Center, days turned into months and from a 15 students there were 50. A few special schools and Government schools approached Arjun, Ashish and Leona while the three approached the rest.

The aim was not name and fame, it was to give blind children a new way to see the world, specially-able children more reasons to laugh every day and make economically less fortunate children better equipped to face the world.

Today, Music for Change teaches over a hundred students in four different schools for free.

Music for Change has been there for two years now, the change is substantial, and it has been incredible to watch them (the kids) grow into happier, more creative beings.

-Sr Maria Shruthi, Principal of St Agnes Special School.

“Music and Dance? It’s a nice gesture but it’s not going to change anything.” Music and Dance do bring change. It has created a ripple for these children and the ripple will one day turn into a wave. There will be a world where blind children will write songs about conquering the world, Specially-able children will dance to their own tunes and not of the society and the less fortunate will make their own fortune. For music is not just an art, it’s a discipline. It’s not just a subject, it’s a teacher.
As long as Music and Dance plays its role in making one more child smile brighter, one more parent prouder, one more teacher more hopeful, we have reached our goal.

We have taken the first step in empowering innocent minds. Won’t you join us and take a step too?

The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.

- Robin S. Sharma

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