Italy: an association trains young people in music to keep them away from delinquency
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By: Cécile Debarge
Set up an orchestra with children and teenagers who know nothing about music in one of the most difficult areas of Naples. This is how to sum up the experience of the Sanit'Ensemble, in the Rione Sanità district, known for its high delinquency rate, especially among young people. Eleven years after the birth of the project, apprentice musicians are now close to 90. So many children to whom the orchestra offers an alternative to boredom and idleness.
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