Dedicated to using music not just as a means of expression but as a vehicle for spreading compassion and awareness follow Cate’s Project Six.

Combining a bachelor degree in Music and Production with a bachelor in Cultural Tourism “Six’ is a series of projects with a musical foundation that aim to inspire, empower, create awareness and spread compassion. Run by Cate in collaboration with visual artists, media professionals, musicians and industry professionals Cate uses community events and crowd funding to support each project stage.

“I don’t love the word charity, ‘6’ is not about charity, it is fundamentally about connection, sharing and human experience. Like anyone who was born pre internet and social media, it is with some nostalgia that I compare the way we used to connect as people, as a community. Gone are the days where you had to sit and pay attention to the person on the phone because it was attached to a wall. When you had street barbecues with the neighbours and when everyones assignments were exactly the same because you only had Encyclopaedia britannica. It’s not a bad thing, change is inevitable, but it was fast, and I think we may have left behind a few important things.

It has become the norm that we are reachable, available and online, any time. There are cases of actual clinical anxiety caused by separation from mobile phones. Our interactions are increasingly becoming technology based and it’s causing a disconnect that I don’t even think we are fully comprehending yet.

It is now my goal to join both my cultural tourism and music degrees together to create  ‘6’, a series of projects, run by myself in collaboration with Adelaide and interstate musicians, film crews, artists and professionals, that aim to inspire, connect, empower, create awareness and share compassion.

In an age where ‘authenticity’ is a commodity to be marketed with a stamp of ‘organic’ ‘traditional’ or ‘100% real’, the only way to know for sure is to get out there and experience things for ourselves. To connect with each other, to educate one another and to learn for ourselves.”

Project #1: MISSION POSSIBLE

grade three represent!

Through a combination of Social Media, crowd funding, a music event and securing corporate funding, Cate and a colleague Anna raised $9000 in three months to travel to Ethiopia and deliver musical instruments and music lessons to orphans and severely disadvantaged children at the Raey Centre.
As a part of this process Cate and Anna received support from over 40 local businesses as well as major sponsor Synergy Construction. To children who have experienced major trauma, loss and serious health issues this project brought a lot of smiles.

Check out project one MISSION POSSIBLE or the successful pozible campaign.

Project #2: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR ZAMBIA

Adelaide journalist Sandy Clark who had heard of the Ethiopia project approached Cate to run a joint project in Zambia, teaching music, delivering music instruments and supporting women and children health clinics in the rural Western Province.
This venture took place in September 2015 and was also the launch of Sandy’s book My Love Affair With Zambia, detailing her life in Zambia in the 1970’s building the fashion Industry and working for late Freedom Fighter and Minister in the First Cabinet, Mr Arthur Winer. All proceeds from the book sale go towards building a maternity clinic in the Western Province.
Co managing this project saw Cate again raising funds through Social media and online campaigns, performing at the launch of Kapasa Mesonda’s Zambian Fashion Parade and singing for Her Excellency the Vice President of Zambia.

To purchase Sandy’s book ‘My Love Affair With Zambia’ or find out more about Dignity Zambia visit the website online at Dignity Zambia.

Cate remains committed to raising funds for Dignity Zambia’s hospital build as well as for the schools and orphanages in the extremely poor Western Province, Mongu and surrounding districts.

check out the Facebook page and the successful Pozible campaign.

Project #3: IT ALL STARTS WITH WATER

Running an online campaign through Pozible and Facebook this project raised $2500 AUD  to donate to Dignity Zambia for the build of a water well at the site of the hospital build in the Nalolo district.

In desperate need of clean and usable drinking water for families living rurally, the well is one of the most important first steps in the build. Not only will the well allow construction, it will save the lives of countless children lost to water borne diseases in the area.

In addition to this, amazing friends Rosemary and Alex Baxter surprised us with a cheque for an additional $2000 bringing our total up to $5500, enough to build the well and get our hospital under way!

To check out the pozible campaign click here and to follow the progress of the build make sure you jump on Facebook and click like on Dignity Zambia.

Project #4: SOULS 4 LITTLE SOULS

On Dec 4th Critical Soul hosted a live music show @ The Jade, on behalf of Dignity Zambia that raised $1400 for fabric for school uniforms for approx 60 orphan children so that they may join the other kids at school and not feel left out! This is a pic of one the gorgeous kids from the orphanage from my visit last year receiving his Humphrey B Bear!

A big hearted Adelaide woman Mary Hamilton is sewing 60 school uniforms and book bags with the fabric we raised 💰for, and to finish them off we held a Xmas Wishing tree to collect black sneakers for the kids. 60 pairs of black school sneakers as well as a large collection of white socks were donated by countless incredible people. Sandy Clark of Dignity Zambia will be organising to send the uniforms as soon as possible. A huge group of amazing orphaned kids will hold their heads high walking into school this year in uniform for the first time because of all your generosity. Thank you. Anyone is welcome to take part in our projects in any capacity you would like, hit me up for upcoming plans or to get involved. Thank you all for your support and big hearts!!!!

Project #5 POWER UP

POWER UP, raised $4460.95 with the help of the music community @ The Studio and Star Factory, to successfully connect electricity to the site of a Womens and Children’s Hospital very close to my heart in rural Zambia. Read on to learn about the hospital and see how we did it!

In September 2015 author and founder of Dignity Zambia, Sandy Clark invited me to Zambia as she launched her book My Love Affair With Zambia, the proceeds of which are being used to help fund the build of a very important medical facility.

My role was to both run music programs for children in the communities as well as to assist in research and plans for the build of the Arthur Wina Memorial Hospital in rural Nalolo, in the Western Province of Zambia.

Dignity Zambia is a completely non for profit organisation run by Sandy, with the help of supporters such and volunteers such as myself, and we are building a hospital with the assistance of Her Honour The Vice President of Zambia, Inonge Wina. In fact, we are building on land donated personally by the Vice President and the Chief in the area, as its in the hometown of the Vice President and her late husband and freedom fighter, Hon. Arthur Wina, (hence the name of the hospital!).

The need for a functional and accessible hospital with a focus on women and children in this area is great. After an eight hour bus ride across the Zambian country side to reach the Western Province I toured communities with Sandy and visited Zambian medical practitioners who are facing extreme challenges in providing birthing and maternity care to their patients. Some of these include a lack of clean running water, electricity and basic equipment.

During our stay we met Claire, a rural midwife who often delivers babies by torch light with no access to emergency services and very little clean water. Claire informed us that tragically, some babies who are born successfully were dying shortly after as they did not have an aspirator to remove mucous from the infants lungs. The thought of these women going through that frightening and difficult labour only to lose their babies was absolutely devastating. Our wonderful supporters in South Australia helped us to raise money for one of these aspirators while we were there and the machine was delivered to Claire along with solar lighting.

I was deeply moved by the strong sense of duty and care residing in the midwives and doctors I met with, and by the strength and courage of the women and families seeking assistance.

The hospital being built by Dignity Zambia will be the only Maternity and Children hospital in the constituency of Nalolo and it is being built out of the township in an area where there were no roads, running water or power. This is the part of the land where people are most at need.

The hospital will reduce infant mortality and will be a place where mothers can receive education and support in the areas of health and nutrition for their babies and children. Allowing for 13 beds in the main ward and around 20 beds in the dormitory the hospital will be equipped to offer post and anti-natal care.

The hospital build itself is a partnership between Dignity Zambia, Move Foundation, The Zambia project and the Wina family working closely with local support groups. It is expected that volunteer obstetricians, GPS and midwives will travel to Zambia to work in the hospital from time to time alongside the Zambian medical staff. Once completed, the hospital will be donated to the Wina family to run linking with Maternal Health Zambia.

Whilst roads have been built to the site and a power line installed thanks to the Vice President, a guard house built and functional and sustainable bore for water to the area installed (with the generous help of Dignity Zamia supporters and donations), to start our build we must connect power and a distribution board to the site. This step will cost approximately $3000. Anything we can raise above our target will further contribute to the build of our hospital. So how can you help us POWER UP!?

• RECYCLING

Recycling used electronic devices not only helps us to raise money, it helps the environment and allows someone else to get an affordable working device in Australia or a developing country.

Critical Soul Productions , on behalf of Dignity Zambia will be collecting used, second hand, damaged or new electronic equipment and recycling it to raise funds for this project!

I will be using Australian company Mazuma Mobile , who offer $$ for electronic goods including mobile phones, tablets and smart devices. I chose Mazuma as they;

• Will clearly itemise all the devices they receive from me and how much they are paying for each (which we need to keep clear records of donations)
• Follow sustainable recycling practices
• Offer an easy to use data delete tool    for deleting your data from your device before sending
• Will accept even broken or damaged goods

Don’t let your old tablets or phones become landfill, or deny them the chance to fulfil a bigger purpose. Let them help to power up a medical facility that will provide hope, care and life saving treatment to a community in need.

• SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC

Come along to the Wheatsheaf Hotel on Saturday September 15th 3-5pm to join the phenomenal team from the The Studio and Star Factory​ for an afternoon of incredible live music from the students of the studio, who have donated their time and talent to raise money for Power Up!