Sunday, May 17, 2009

Leaping into action: The LIFESAVER SHOW

Our drama team has started with a month of intense rehearsal and training.



A little snippet was performed at the ceremony that ABI arranged for the formal handover of the Edutainers to the Masakhane village. (Please have a look at the education blog)
Here are our actors in a scene from our introduction play. This show will introduce the various charachters and provide audience members with essential information about HIV/Aids. Enough information to start making informed decisions about one's own life and health. Enough information to save a life.
We therefore call it the LIFESAVER SHOW

We are gloriously busy at present. The first two plays are being developed and rehearsed. HIV/Aids peer educator training is starting on Tuesday 19 May, and we just had our first training session in Counselling skills.

We have been very fortunate to recieve a donation from SAB South Africa which will help us cover our progress untill we can find a sponsor for the main project. Thankyou SO much for your ongoing support.
We have realised that we can successfully develop the shows, and do paid shows at factories and farms without the major sponsorship. For our Free Shows at squatter camps and rural informal settlements to be practicable however, we will need to gain the support of a major investor. These free shows are, in our mind, actually what the project is about. To provide the essential information and skills to those who get overlooked by most programmes, and thus we will keep trying to secure a sponsor.

Anyone interested in booking a show for a factory or farm in our area can contact Sam at sam@dreamlodge.co.za or call her at (0027) 82 620 6369

To see our project proposal, please follow the link at the top right of this page.