• The main driving force behind everything we try to do is engagement, inspiration and social responsibility.

    In our network, many of the NGOs, social organisations and university partners working with social sustainable development based on culture and music are led by entrepreneurs with a holistic mindset dedicated to make their missions successful. We should learn from the past so we can impact the future!

    Yours Sincerely,
    Peder Wallenberg
    Founder

  • Social Develepment

    Carpe Vitam International is supporting Open Mind Global, a foundation focusing on children’s development, in regions such as the Middle-East, Africa and South America (Venezuela, Brazil etc).

  • Education

    The aim of Carpe Vitam is to promote innovative approaches to intercultural education and leadership training around the world. Searching for and supporting development processes and conditions in which human potential flourishes.

Social Development

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Carpe Vitam International is supporting Open Mind Global, a foundation focusing on children’s development, in regions such as the Middle-East, Africa and South America (Venezuela, Brazil etc).

Burundi

Education centers for adolescents who are victims of the genocide that took place in Burundi and Rwanda in 1994. Carpe Vitam work with the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides in a project called Open Mind Global (OMG). We are now building a vocational cente … Continue reading Burundi →

Sweden

Kulturfyren – The Culture Lighthouse, at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, is now taking shape; a centre facilitating creative meetings for children and adults, amateurs and professionals, artists and musi

Pakistan, Africa

Carpe Vitam International is supporting Open Mind Global, a foundation focusing on children’s development, in regions such as the Middle-East, Africa and South America (Venezuela, Brazil etc).

Jordan

Carpe Vitam International is supporting Open Mind Global, a foundation focusing on children’s development, in regions such as the Middle-East, Africa and South America (Venezuela, Brazil etc).

Egypt

Carpe Vitam International is supporting Open Mind Global, a foundation focusing on children’s development, in regions such as the Middle-East, Africa and South America (Venezuela, Brazil etc).

Education

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The aim of Carpe Vitam is to promote innovative approaches to intercultural education and leadership training around the world. Searching for and supporting development processes and conditions in which human potential flourishes.

Junibacken

Junibacken (A cultural center for children with over 400 000 visitors a year, based on the characters from Swedish author Astrid Lindgren).

Project Zero at Harvard University

The assignment is to better understand and improve learning, thinking and creativity within artistic, humanistic and scientific activities.

Lemshaga Academy

A school using the concept of Reggio Emilia and Visible Thinking to develop children’s self esteem by training them in critical thinking, teamwork and social values.

Open Minds Academy

A partnership of schools and universities supported by governments, non-profit organisations and development agencies in order to promote innovative approaches to education and leadership training.

Music

Swedish and International projects using choral music and theatre to bring children and adults together in order to overcome cultural and social differences.

Music And Humanity

At Eric Ericsonhallen we host an annual project called Music and Humanity, for international and Swedish choir leaders that work to strengthen and promote social responsibility. Through this we have collaboration with choirs in Palestine and Lebanon, f … Continue reading Music And Humanity →

Hayâtuna

Hayâtuna is a Swedish-Middle-Eastern project that aims to create a platform for competence and capacity building and social development in the Levant by using music as a tool.

Kulturfyren

Kulturfyren – The Culture Lighthouse, at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, is now taking shape; a centre facilitating creative meetings for children and adults, amateurs and professionals, artists and musicians, those on their way to enter the art scene and those already established.

Aswatuna

Arab Choral Festival is an innovative and imaginative meeting of Arab choirs and choral musicians together with Swedish musicians and choral musicians from other Arab countries and from the rest of the world.

EIC

Eric Ericson International Choral Centre was established in 2006 to celebrate the great choir conductor, his strong visions, artistic ideals and invaluable contribution to world choral music for more than half a decade.

Eric Ericsonhallen

Eric Ericsonhallen was inaugurated 16 May 2009, as a unique international choir-and culture centre, inhabited in the church at the beautiful Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm.

News

Carpe Vitam i Nepal

  Den 25 april 2015 drabbades Nepal av en fruktansvärd jordbävning där flera tusentals personer avled och skadades. Över 800 000 hus har förstörts, 12 000 klassrum och tusentals sjukstugor och småföretag raserades. Än idag står hundratusentals fam … Continue reading Carpe Vitam i Nepal →

Open Minds Global i Burundi.

I staden Kanyosha, utanför Bujumbura, Burundi finns ett projekt kallat Open Minds Global, som verkar genom stöd av Carpe Vitam. Projektet är till för att hjälpa arbetslösa ungdomar att utveckla såväl entreprenöriella kunskaper, ledarskap och datakunska … Continue reading Open Minds Global i Burundi. →

På besök i El Quseir

Under oktober/november besöktes LCD, ett barncentrum i El Quseir i Egypten. Barnen var som vanligt glada att se Peder igen, ett glatt återbesök!

Bujumbura

Nu är den planerade skolan under upphandling. Arkitekter och byggföretag har lämnat in sina förslag och snart är vi igång!     I Burundi arbetar vi tillsammans med Boyscouts och Girl Guides.  

Time to Act- An Evening for the Refugee Children of Syria

Den 17 september i år anordnade Carpe Vitam en insamling till förmån för Syriens barn. Insamlingen är ett samarbete med UNHCR, FN-s flyktingorgan.

Jordanien

Inför Carpe Vitams och UNHCR-s upprop kallat Time to Act besöktes Jordanien och flyktinglägret Zaatari.