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Dream
Cast Drama awareness program, Solomon Islands
Who's
involved:
Project leader: Kennedy Folasi
Main partner: Dream
Cast Drama Group
Other organisations:
- Save the Children Australia (SCA): Youth Outreach
Program (YOP)
- Ministry of Health
Timeframe:
March - September 2006
Theme:
My Island Home
Background:
Formed in 2004, the Tuvaruhu
Multi-ethnic community youth drama group (Dream
Cast) dramatises issues affecting young people
in the communities in and around Honiara, Solomon
islands.
After successfully implementing
a theatre drama training project (July 2005),
the Dream Cast group is aiming to use drama performances
and radio drama as an advocacy tool.
Objectives:
- Build capacity and building networks with other
organizations that are involved in HIV/AIDS.
- Include young people to
campaignagainst social issues affecting them.
- Raise the level of awareness
among villagers and communities about social issues
affecting young people, including HIV/AIDS.
Activities:
- Collect information on social issues, particularly
HIV/AIDS and substance abuse, prepare a short
report and draft drama scripts featuring these
issues;
- Involve at least 10 young
people in performing the drama presentations for
their peers in 35 different communities, and at
the same time conduct peer-to-peer and youth focus
awareness talks;
- Publicise the activity
through local radio, television and newspapers;
- Evaluate the impact of
the activity by asking a minimum of 60 youth in
three different communities who have seen the
dramatic performance to complete an evaluation
form; report on the results of the evaluation;
- Investigate and report
on ways of continuing this activity in the future.
Progress
Reports:
28 June 2006
Full
progress report [PDF 66Kb]
Currently we are working on finalizing dates for
dramatizing in each community and also doing contacts
with the communities on which issues to present
in each area.
According to our current
action plan, our first confirmed date for drama
performance will be on the 3rd, 4th and 5th
of July. Due to our country Independence Celebration
on the 7th of July other dates will be finalized
before or after the independence celebration.
Save the Children staff are currently on a two
week training so this has caused delay in arrangement
through the YOP (Youth Outreach Program) network.
All the DreamCast participants
are ready and looking forward to our upcoming
programs and everything is running smoothly.
Cheers from the Dream Cast
team.
Thank you for the support
- Kennedy
Downloads:
Final Report [.pdf 492Kb]
Project
Proposal
Dream
Cast background information
For more information:
- Kennedy Folasi: kfolasi2005@yahoo.com.au
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