Volunteer music teacher Philip Feinstein has established music classes for children and adults inside immigration detention centres and he needs your help.

Philip has been running the classes in Villawood Detention Centre since 2009 and they have proved so popular that he has expanded the program to other detention centres including Manus Island, Christmas Island and Nauru.

All of the instruments have been donated and in order for Philip to continue the program he needs more instruments. Drop off points have been arranged all over Australia. If you have a spare musical instrument, or if you are a music teacher like Philip and prepared to volunteer some of your time, this site will show you how to get involved.

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Following the success of helping refugees in Australia, Music for Refugees has expanded to helping Burundian refugees now located in Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. The civil unrest in Burundi has lead to half a million refugees fleeing their country. Philip recently spent time in those countries and his story can be seen on the Music for Refugees Facebook page. The music program has now been extended to humanitarian needs as the situation there is dire.

We hope you tune in to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Music-for-Refugees/1500789130197574