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title: South African Youth Marching Band LOVES 350
date: 2009-10-21T16:47:17Z
modified: 2009-10-21T16:48:24Z
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What do you get when you mix 350 with [South Africa’s Field Band Foundation](https://fieldband.org.za) (and a bit of cardboard and a cellphone cam)? This sweet little vid, that’s what!

The Field Band Foundation works to improve the lives of South Africa’s poorest kids by giving them musical training — and a whole lot more. The kids you see making a 350 formation in the video are in the Anglo American Tsantsabane Band, from the small town of Postmasburg. Some of them are HIV-positive, but band leader Paul Mathebula told us that with the help of the FBF they are able to access proper medication and stay healthy.

[350.org](https://350.org/) volunteers who hung out with the bands during their national championship competition day in Johannesburg (where this movie was filmed) came away fully inspired, as are the [350.org](https://350.org/) staff beavering away in the New York offices in anticipation of the biggest of Big Days. Oct 24 already has over 4,000 actions registered in 170 countries! [Where will you be on Saturday?](https://350.org/map)