A Diepsloot-based non-profit organisation Harmonious Injectors Performing Art is on a mission to recruit more young people to its music group this year.
Co-founder of the organisation Nicholas Hlongwane said the organisation was formed in 2017 to help get young people off the streets and get them involved in art.
He said since its formation five years ago, the organisation had produced a number of artists who had gone on to join big music brands.
In 2020, the founding members of the organisation decided to register it as a non-profit organisation with the aim of helping the afflicted in the community.
“We realised that young people in and around Diepsloot needed something that will keep them occupied when they were not in school. Some end up falling into a trap of drugs and alcohol abuse because they have nothing to do.”
Hlongwane said the organisation recently decided to broaden its scope by visiting different schools in Diepsloot to teach learners music.
“I was raised by a single mother and grew up without a father figure in the house. Every time I listened to music, it helped me find refuge in it and overcome the anger that I had towards my father whom I don’t know. The journey of our organisation has not been an easy one to travel. Many came and left because they didn’t have what I have.”
He added that the organisation would host an art festival at Riversands Incubation Hub on June 16 this year to showcase the local talent.
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