Sara Cultural Centre The Sara Cultural Centre was established in 2001 and consists of a reading hall and a library hall. It provides books, magazines and newspaper for the readers, and is used by a great number of students, youths, and writers from Sulaimaniya. Education Sector Activities in 2007 *Participation in the International Kid’s Festival held in Erbil on the 1st of June 2007. The festival lasted for seven days in which 150 children took part from the Children’s Music Band, Duhok Children’s Music Band, Drum Group of Darbandikhan Youth Activity Centre and Kaziwa Centres of Sara, Sarshaqam, Halabja, Rania and Qaladza. *Summer courses on music and plastic art were attended by 100 children, 60 boys and 40 girls. The courses ran for two months and were provided in co-operation with the Shangal Charitable Society. *A ‘Making Flags’ project with an Italian
group, supervised by Roberto, was run for the children from Sulaimaniya Children’s Music Band and Kaziwa Centres of Sara, Sarshaqam, Halabja, Chwarta, Bazian, and Kirkuk. *Children from the centres participated in a plastic art exhibition “Energy in My Life” in Austria. Their graphics and plastic art works were sent by post to the exhibition. *In co-operation with Khurmal Shady Group, children participated in flying 100 kites in the International Children’s day in Khurmal Sub District. *Children from the Shaheed Jabar Exemplary Secondary School and Sulaimaniya Children’s Music Band performed for the General Directors of Education in Erbil on the 1st of June 2007. *The Drum Group of the Youth Activity Centre of Darbandikhan took part in a Mediterranean festival in Italy. Kurdistan Save the Children paid the expenses for the group for the eight day festival.
Roberto and children from Sarshakam Kaziwa / Making Flags activity
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