Playing towards sustainability

A young Tanzanian girl sits in a concrete classroom crammed full of blue steel desks. In her hands is a clarinet, the sun reflects off its shiny keys as she shifts her hands to form an F note. The sound of music fills the room.
Although the African Blackwood, known as Mpingo, used to craft the clarinet is indigenous to Tanzania, it was only weeks ago that the girl had first seen or heard a clarinet. This is the case for the majority of Tanzanians, said Michele Von Haugg, founding director of Clarinets for Conservation.