2026 är ett stort år för mina skolprojekt! I Kenya firar vi 10 (!) år med Baba Gurston Inclusive School. Och just nu är jag på en plats jag alltid varit fascinerad av. Världens mest tätbebyggda ö (googla om ni inte tror mig!) Santa Cruz Del Isolte. Barnens skola där hade vittrat sönder. Och den finns inte en kvadratcentimeter att bygga en ny på. Tillsammans med @ankarstiftelsen (som gör många fantastiska projekt i Colombia) arrangerade vi spelningar i Sverige där jag skänkte mitt gage till att bygga en ny skola. Och nu är jag här. På den vackra grannön Isla Mucura. En väldigt trevlig hotellägare skänkte oss mark på ön. Tyvärr ”försvann” 60 ton byggmaterial i hamnen på fastlandet. Annars hade vi varit klara. Men de tuffa grabbarna på bilden lyckades ”hitta” det igen och nu är vi igång. Barnen kommer få sin skola och med detta tänker jag sträcka lite på mig och konstatera att det här är den andra skolan i Colombia som jag finansierat genom att helt enkelt göra det jag tycker bäst om. Att spela rock med mina kamrater. 💪❤️
Jag vill återigen tacka @ankarstiftelsen för ett som alltid superfint samarbete. Respekt.
And. For my friends that does not speak swedish I’m just gonna cut straight to the point. Pictures are taken on a very small island outside the coast of Colombia where I’m just finishing up my second schoolproject in this beautiful country! ❤️
Yes, that’s it! The end of the tour.
Really I just want to reach out and say thank you for still showing up. Still supporting me. Still giving this old troubadour one last chance. Thank you to my beautiful band. Best musicians in the business. It’s a blessing and I’m driving home for Christmas to get my kids a Christmas tree. 🌲
In solidarity
Anders Moneybrother
I’m going to post a few pictures this week from our school in Kenya. Most of my Swedish friends are tired to death hearing me bragging bout it but here is the short version:
Me and two friends in Sweden decided to get Baba Gurston out of Kibera, the biggest slum in Nairobi. We funded and started a small school in rural Kenya. Close to Kisumu and the Victoria Lake. School has been running for 6 years thanks to generous sponsors and hard work. (Have to especially mention my friend @tonypraetorius who’s been working like a crazy person). Times been tough lately and right now we are a little smaller than what we used to be. Still 250 students come everyday. About 50 of them are children with disabilities who’s parents would not pay for their school fees. So we cover it. They get food and education every day. They are called ”learners” by the teachers. School results just came in and we’re top 5 in the whole region. Needless to say this is an adventure. Baba Gurston Inclusive School. Disability is not Inability. 💪❤️
Song 9 from Classic Vintage: Great Escape.
Last song and I wanted it to be like an experimental dream. In dub. I mixed up the concept here and played this live at the graduation on our school in Kenya. I did not trust the sound engineer so I went unplugged.
Song 8 from Classic Vintage A Memory Gone. Sunday Morning Coming Down. Recorded real early. Cause the great Jerry Williams once told me to start singing before talking in the morning. That would make you sound hard ass.
Song 6 from Classic Vintage: Cold Where I’m Living. Elvis sometimes sang a line over and over again. And whatever the lyrics were, by the third time he had you in tears. I tried that thing here.. With probably my favourite guitar and my favourite sweater.
