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Germiston takes on the arts

Community empowered through arts and culture.

Umdali Training Institute in Germiston empowers the community.

“I know that the Germiston community will definitely benefit in more than one area from all our courses we have to offer,” said Tanja van Biljon, from Umdali Training Institute.

“We know that the Germiston area has a number of people with a passion for the arts and we want to invest in the lives of those people.

Sandra Goncalves Pinto, one of the students at the Umdali Training Institute in Germiston, performs a piece of music.
Sandra Goncalves Pinto, one of the students at the Umdali Training Institute in Germiston, performs a piece of music.

“Arts and culture has always played an enormous role in the positive development of any society and this is what we want to do.

“We aim to enlighten and build people through arts and culture.

“We want people’s lives to be renewed and we want them to have a positive mindset with regard to life.”

The institute runs the following faculties: visual and performing arts in the categories of dance, music along with visual arts; counselling, practical theology and a gap-year programme for school-leavers.

Amanda Preenathan (left), Mandy Preenathan, Aliska van der Westhuizen and Gerleze Badenhorst show off their dancing skills.
Amanda Preenathan (left), Mandy Preenathan, Aliska van der Westhuizen and Gerleze Badenhorst show off their dancing skills.

For more information, log onto www.umdali.org.za or contact Tanja on 011 824-2722/082 388 2114.

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