Community Cultures and Heritage Organisation

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF AFRICA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VARIOUS FORMS, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL CLOTHING, TEXTILES, MUSIC, DANCE, ART AND FESTIVALS.(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE OR ETHNIC ORIGIN; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.(3) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.