Community Magnet Theatre: Youth Approach to fight HIV/AIDS
Organisation
Slums Information Development and Resource Centre (SIDAREC)
Project Focus
The aim of the project is to use youth friendly creative communication/theatre strategies to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among peers.
Background
Target Groups/Participants
Project Activities
Communications. Theatre strategies.
Outcomes
Individual Impacts: Family Group Impacts: Community Impacts: Other Impacts: Lessons Learned: Problems Encountered: One setback is that we were contaminating 'Kiswahili sayings-methali' with HIV/AIDS messages, the use of popular cultural music was unpopular with the youth and we opted to change tunes to suit hip-hop and rapp of the modern day. There was both a strength (for the critical youth category) but did not conform with the taste of the elderly Beneficiary Comments: Stakeholder Comments:
Evaluation
Donors
Ford Foundation
Project Cost
$68,000
Project Start Date
1 January 2004
Project End Date
30 April 2005
Creative Exchange Projects
HIV/AIDS: The Creative Challenge
Subjects
Creative Activities
International Region
Africa
UK Region
Date Entered
21 September 2004