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Arts For Global Development, Inc. is not a grant provider initiative. However, our goal with the "Looking for Funds - Help?! Message Board" is to help facilitate linkages between donor organizations-individuals and fundraisers-beneficiaries. If;
- your organization needs funding/ organizational support for socio-economic, educational development and arts projects;
- you are in need of online visibility, and/or
- interested in contacting other organizations to co-organize projects,
please get in touch with us. We will post your information/inquiries on this site. Join the eComminuty and share your requests directly with members of Art4Development.Net!
Mission For Youth Rights is seeking for partnership!
Mission For Youth Rights (MIFYORI) in Uganda is a registered not-for-profit organization with a purpose to uplift the welfare of youth. MIFYORI doesnot principally initiate "new" projects. What we do is to impart skills in already existing activities/projects being carried out/initiated /run by youth and youth groups, especially the out of school youth and slum-dwelling ones (vulnerable youth). Our level of interference include:
(i) Enabling the group/groups
to get legal status/recognition or Status (ii) Conducting training workshops/seminars
and short courses on Health,socio-economic issues,environment. These includes
Business Skills Management,basic human rights, becoming "Doctors of
our own Self/Houses/Neighbours". This course includes how one should
protect him/herself or the community at large from the preventable diseases
which include malaria and HIV/AIDs. (iii) Cooperating/Identifying; Donors,Grant
Givers,Development Partners who are interested in providing services which
will lead to the wellbeing of youth groups (iv) Carrying out Research and
Needs assesment Projects which enable the intervention of the targeted area
,when the NEED is identified (v) Among the on-going (permanent) project
is Computer literacy, Knitting , Tayloring and sewing , sports plus candle
making at different Youth-Centers.
For more details, please
contact Bukulu Haruna, Public Relations Manager at mifiyori@yahoo.co.uk
SPRM Publishing’s MIM’s Place of Community seeks assistance!
We are an emerging national advocacy group for mentally, emotionally and economically disadvantaged (MEED) people and their families. We are not treatment oriented, but respite and diversionary in nature.
We have incorporated the arts into our model as one way of empowering MEED people, their families and communities to live more peaceful, positive and productive lives. We are presently using open stage poetry and performing arts/music venues as tools for respite, diversion and public education of MEED challenges and solutions. Our neighborhood newsletters, other publications and on-line catalog are predominantly filled with artistic and public education literature. We are in our third phase of expansion, which includes the establishment of our 1st shared household, opening our on-line catalog and actively seeking to establish and open our prototype community center.
We need: assistance with finding and obtaining efficient, simultaneous real-time internet, group project development and management capabilities – professional fundraising assistance and publicity campaign management.
For more details, please
visit our website at www.InTheKnow-SPRMPublishing.com
and/or contact Angela Suarez angelasuarez@sbcglobal.net. SPRM Publishing
2419 Fletcher St. Anderson, IN 46016 USA
ATDG is seeking support for cultural exchange!
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Since 1984 the African Traditional Dance Group (ATDG) promotes tribal dances and supports cultural heritage objectives. Currently the group has 15 dancers and they perform over 120 type of traditional dances in Tanzania. ATDG is seeking for funding to participate in international festivals and organize cultural exchange programs. For more information please contact secretary of ATDG, Beda Christopher at bemwitu@yahoo.com |
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ARTS 4 SURVIVAL is seeking support and partnerhsip!
Art4Survival is an arts group which values and nurtures the voices, hearts and minds of the under privileged Cameroonians and helps them transform their lives through the creative work of Arts.
Arts4Survival
aims to:
- Identify and address - in a non-threatening, non-confrontational way –
the social attitudes and issues that contribute to ignorance, oppression
and mis-information, and thus encourage and enhance the development of knowledge,
responsibility, and life-skills in the Cameroonian community;
- Provide the seeds of empowerment, to individuals and the Cameroonian community,
to initiate the processes of personal self-growth, self-awareness and understanding
around the issues presented.
- Allow disabled and able people to enjoy, experience and create theatre
together.
- Create career opportunities for and AIDS patients, disabled/able people
in the performing arts in Cameroon.
- Maintain a focus on education for youth, previously disadvantages communities,
women and teachers.
-Create and perform at least two new piece of theatre per year. In this
way the organisation can include more people in the experience of working
as professionals within the theatre world in Cameroon.
-Establish Cameroon first Integrated Arts organization
Arts4Survival also aims to encourage, promote and support the arts(creative
writing, theatre, photograpy and filming) in Cameroon for the benefit
of all Cameroonian in order to:
· eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in Africa.
· ensure that all children receive primary education
· promote gender equality and empower women and give women a stronger
voice.
· encourage Africans at home and abroad to get involve in arts.
· eradicate corruption, child abuse and slavery
· reduce child death rates
· improve the health of mothers
· combat HIV & AIDS, malaria and other diseases
· make sure the environment is protected
· develop a global partnership for development
· build a global partnership for those working in development of
communities
· combat Conflict and natural disasters effects
Please
contact: Esther Arrey Tabot at arts4survival@yahoo.com for more information.
Tel: 00(44) 7946633871 or 00(44) 1202301237
Kenya Youths For Ladies is seeking financial support for HIV/AIDs campaigns!
The community
based organization, known as Kenya Youths For Ladies (KYFL) comprises only
young women, ages 18-30 years, who came together to conduct HIV/AIDs awareness
within Gucha district of Kenya. Kenya Youths For Ladies deals in
HIV/AIDs awareness campaigns within ladies only who are unmarried. With
the help of films and concerts KYFL carryout campaigns in market centres,
churches, social gatherings etc. KFYL also call for seminars and advice
our ladies on how they can avoid sex before marriage hence chances of getting
aids to be minimal.
Kenya Youths For Ladies was formed in 2004 with only 20 members. Currently there are 50 members (only unmarried ladies). KYFL is seeking for funding from well wishers to help carryout their campaign effectively.
For more
info. please contact project coordinator, Magret Nyasani, at kenyayouthprogrammes@yahoo.com
or KENYA YOUTH PROGRAMMES, P.O Box 328 Ogembo Kenya, East Africa. Tel: 2545831680
A.R.T is seeking organizational support!
Art for Refugees in Transition (A.R.T.), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, helps rebuild communities in refugee camps worldwide through preservation of indigenous arts. A.R.T. provides curricula and training programs to engage both children and adults in visual, performing and creative arts drawn from their own cultures. These activities provide international relief institutions with tools to help refugee communities cope with the trauma, terror and dislocation of war.
A.R.T.'s Pilot Program selected and trained adults in two Burmese refugee camps in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, to teach traditional Burmese dances, songs and music. A.R.T.'s staff and the elder refugees worked side by side with over 600 youths teaching them to play and make traditional Burmese musical instruments. ART is now rolling-out their program in Bogotá, Colombia. Currently, Colombia is undergoing the largest humanitarian catastrophe in the Western Hemisphere. Armed conflict has created displacement throughout Colombia where over three million of its thirty six million inhabitants have become refugees.
A.R.T is currently looking for help in the following area:
- Update website and/
or a Webmaster
- Help soliciting funds
- Printing Needs
- Film/ Video editor to help with short film documentary on ART's first
project in Colombia.
Please visit A.R.T website at www.artforrefugees.org
to learn more about this organization or contact A.R.T. at P.O. Box 456
, New York, NY 10113-0456 USA. E-mail: info@artforrefugees.org
Aids Combat International seeking help for its 'Home Based Care' program!
AIDS Combat International (ACI) is working on supporting the health needs of people with HIV, both directly & indirectly. The Home Based Care program in India aims to reach out these patients at their home and treating them as well as talking to people about the diseases, ways of transmission, treatment. The goal of Home Based Care is to provide hope through high-quality and appropriate care that helps family caregivers and sick family members to maintain their independence and achieve the best possible quality of life.
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ACI's objectives are:
1. Home Based Care Treatment;
Treatment of opportunistic infections and Antiretroviral Therapy.
2. Awareness; About HIV/ADIS amongst general public.
3. Free ARV Therapy for children.
4. Counseling: Pretest and Post-test.
5. HIV/AIDS workshops for Medico.s and Para medico.s.
For more info. please read the attached activity report and/or contact project coorindator, Anand Koti at anand.koti@gmail.com
AFRICAN ARTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES seeking support for MDGs Concerts in Nigeria!
AFRICAN ARTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES [AADI] is a group of young people who use the arts and the mass media in providing innovative and lasting solutions to social problems.This initiative is bringing up a world class concert in the three most populated cities in Nigeria to facilitate the realization of the MDGs in the country.The concert, strategized to pull the populace in their millions, is designed for two basic objectives:
- To alert the commitment of the government and other development agencies towards implementing result-oriented programmes and projects that will make the MDGs a reality in Nigeria.
- The entertainment/edutainment to be discharged by local and international artistes shall be explored to re-orient the values of the prople, enlighten them,awaken their faith,and inspire them to take regularly, positive actions that will prove supportive and complementary to the efforts of the leadership of the country in its pursuit of these goals.For instance, they shall be inspired to demontrate the right attitudes towards the forth coming censor,so as to enhance the government in strategizing and re-positioning itself in the fight against poverty and other economic problems.
The grand budget per-center for this project is 48,540 USD. Any help for this great event would be greatly appreciated.
About AFRICAN ARTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES:
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-VISION: To see Africa fully developed and reformed through Arts. |
-MISSION: To provide innovative and lasting solutions to social problems across Africa using arts and edutainment. |
- OBJECTIVES: -To promote the use of Arts in addressing social problems and fostering sustainable development. -To upgrade the standard of arts performances by inculcating into African artistes the orientation and professional skills they need to maximize their potentials. -To enhance and offer needed supports to young indigenous artistes who are working or willing to work diligently to showcase and promote the beauty of the African culture heritage. -To make a remarkable contribution to the achievement of the MDGs in Africa. |
-AADI'S THEMATIC FOCUS: -Health |
- SCOPE: AADI has the scope of reaching all African Nations and we are going about this using a strategic grass-root approach. |
For more
info. please contact AKAPO EMMANUEL at chodevin@yahoo.com
SSUUBI STUDIO PROJECTS seeking support!
... technical, material, financial and any kind of support for the improvement, extension and certain progress of Ssuubi Studio Projects in Uganda...
Ssuubi Studio Projects is a non-profit community based arts development initiative aiming to bring together, nurture and uphold the potential of unprivileged children, their mothers and non working youths in order to develop a creative vision for positively changing their society through the arts. The venture began as a small temporary wood carving workspace for a few artists, but now growing into a community appeal. The steadily growing number of partakers from the neighbourhood and their regular commitment is an automatic verification of their families' mandate and esteem to the project as a potential resource rather than a menace in the eyes of the society.
Through its mission, the project may be seen to consolidate the society towards development by virtue of collaboration, inspiration and exchange. Tens of families are expected to get involved directly and indirectly in the routine studio activities, information flow and coordination. The mothers hope to be empowered by their weaving activity, which may help boost their income and economy of the community in general. Social problems as child misdeed due to non-education, high youths crime rates due to unemployment, and poor standards of living among other consequences hope to be solved.
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The project objectives are: 1.
To create a model umbrella for the disadvantaged society of Nabbingo
parish by way of cooperative nature; bringing partakers, stakeholders
and the community together since a workspace that belongs to members
of the community may give a sense of ownership and achievement. 3. To improve the status in which the underprivileged children and youth are seen by their society, through defining and exposing their role to community and involving them in creative activities that address cultural awareness, recreational ethics and religious morals. 4.
To upgrade the living standards of partakers through promoting inspiration,
education and proficiency, uplifting national and international exposure
of their productions, and maintaining a serious sense of professionalism
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For more info. on the
project plase contact Benedict Bukenya, Programmes Director at Tel: 256
- (0) 77 415 539 Email: bukenyaben2000@yahoo.co.uk or ssuubistudioprojects@yahoo.com.
Art-Tracks raising funds and looking for partners for the 'Centre' !
'to promote the research and production of new directions amongst international practitioners in the arts, education and cultural policy-making'
Art-tracks, an international organization for the arts, culture and performance, set up initially in the UK is currently fundraising to acquire a medieval hamlet with surrounding land in central Italy, half way between Rome and Florence, to turn it into a residential centre where musicians, composers, audiovisual artists, choreographers and more can come and spend creative time, run projects that involve people from different countries and cultures, develop their work in a peaceful and inspiring setting and meet to exchange experiences in seminars and workshops in a multicultural and interdisciplinary context.
The Centre will provide a unique and dynamic environment in which artists, groups and organizations from different countries can work creatively towards developing new ways of thinking, understanding and interacting, through multidisciplinary experimentation and exchange. The Centre aims to further communication and exchange among writers, musicians, performers and visual artists by offering international working residencies in the peaceful setting of the Italian countryside. Its also aims to facilitate networking opportunities, through the residencies of artists who meet and work there, and through the dissemination of work produced, by means of exhibitions, on-line publications and performance as well as to become a meeting place for cultural operators, academics and artists from different countries, to foster mutual understanding and creative participation.
Art-tracks
will positively enable people of different cultures to work together at
the Centre and thus seeks international partnership and collaborative working.
The Centre aims to have as neutral an environmental impact as possible and
will experiment and apply sustainable technologies wherever possible, with
a view to achieving a totally environmentally friendly set up. A number
of properties are currently being examined. For any queries you might
have and suggestions as to possible sources of funding please contact Roberto
Battista at roberto_battista@dsl.pipex.com. For further information on art-tracks
please visit www.art-tracks.net.
Support needed for Cameroonian Museum!
"Taking up the challenge to preserve and rebuild our cultural heritage"
The Musa Heritage Gallery (Mus'Art), a museum on the arts and crafts of Cameroon's western grassfields has launched a global appeal to organisations and individuals of goodwill for its 10th Anniversary Support Fund. The museum which was opened to the public on the 18th December, 1996 shall be celebrating ten years of service as a cultural heritage institution in December 2006. The museum's primary audience are school pupils and students within the municipality of Kumbo where the museum is located. Cultural education is promoted through visits to the museum by groups of pupils and students in company of their instructors as part of the museum's schools outreach programme. It seeks to expose the creativity of the people of Cameroon's western grassfields and to stimulate interest in the arts especially amongst the youths. The arts and crafts can provide self employment to the youths thus contributing to fighting poverty in the country considered to be amongst the poorest in the world. Mus'Art also seeks to preserve folk music in Cameroon as part of its music library project.
Funds collected for the museum's 10th Anniversary Support Fund shall be used to renovate the museum building, thus ensuring that the artefacts kept by the museum which is one of Cameroon's active museums are well preserved. There is also a strong need to provide proper shelving and stands for the objects, lighting and security installations on the building as well as acquire computers to undertake a documentation of the collection according to international norms. The 31st March, 2006 is the deadline set for the closure of the funds collection campaign. By the 1st of April, 2006 a list of all the organisations and individuals that have supported the museum's 10th Anniversary Support Fund shall be announced with the amounts donated. On the 1st May, 2006, renovation work on the museum building shall commence and as from the 17th and 18th December, 2006 the museum shall celebrate its 10th Anniversary under the theme "Promoting our Legacy - the arts of the Musa family, the arts of Cameroon's western grassfields".
To make a donation contact Mangong Peter Musa, Director at Musa Heritage Gallery (Mus'Art), Bamfem Qtr., POB 21, Kumbo, NWP, Cameroon. Email: musartgallery@yahoo.com Phone: +237 791 27 95. Web: www.musartgallery.info.ms/
Forum for Culture and Human Development Looking for Donor and Working Partners !
"Cultural Empowerment is the Key of Sustainable Development"
Forum for Culture and
Human Development (FCHD)
is a networking organisation for promoting culture, humanity and development
in Bangladesh. We are supporting technically more then two hundred organisations
for acting with and protecting cultural diversity of the country. FCHD likes
to see a healthy, educated, culturally enlightened future generation in
a well of improved social and economical conditions, violence free, gender
balanced and that live in a developed Bangladesh where people enjoy their
fundamental rights with happiness.
For more information please contact Executive Director, Prof. Sultan Muhammad Razzak at Forum for Culture and Human Development, 823/A, Khilgaon, Dhaka-1219, Bangladesh. Tel:880-2-7216270 Fax: 880-2-7215005 Email:anupam@bdmail.net. http://culturalforum.virtualactivism.net
Living Bread Foundation seeking for partners to help AIDs Orphans in Ghana!
Living Bread Foundation International (LBFI) is a non-profit organization working with the Ghana AIDS Foundation, Non-Governmental Organizations, Churches and concerned individuals to help the needy, the poor, the orphans, the destitute, and the unemployed youth and above all HIV/AIDS pandemic. Our prime objectives are to sensitize people on the diseases, create an enabling environment for people living with and / or affected by HIV/AIDS. Designing strategies and activities to encourage behavior change. Also house and educate the vulnerable and orphans in the society. Living Bread Foundation will also train the drop-out in employable skills like Sewing, Hairdressing, and Tie and Dye Making to be able to face the challenging world. We also intend to attach computer training for the children and the unemployed youth to be abreast with the changing world.
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Sponsoring a child is an act of love that will lift hunger, fear, misery, and place the child in a new world of health, love, hope and aspirations. There are a lot more slowly dying of without any hope in Africa, stretch forth a loving hand and a helping hand to those ones in despreate need of your assistance. Your prayer, cash donations and other material support (used cloths, shoes and teaching and learning materials) is most welcome.
For more information please contact project coordinator Frederick Arthur, Living Bread Foundation, PO Box 257, Assin Foso, Central Region, Ghana/ W.Africa. Email: hilton_fouda@yahoo.com
Children Teaching Children about AIDS: A Djole Journey to Africa
Children Teaching Children about AIDS: A Djole Journey to Africa is a project focusing on economically disadvantaged African American youth and West African youth. The purpose is to increase the knowledge of both groups about AIDS. The African American youth will learn about AIDS through direct instruction offered by Lowcountry AIDS Services, through workshops by artists in West Africa, and by teaching the lessons learned to West African street children. In keeping with African culture, the teaching of street children will take place through "street shows" that involve the arts.
Through contacts in West Africa Djole Dance and Drum Company will travel to Ghana and Burkina Faso. They will meet with master drummers and dancers in these countries and learn their technique via workshops. They will expose Djole children to the culture of their heritage and promote good citizenship through example and exchange of information. The artists will conduct workshops with our children on African dance, drumming, jewelry making, beading and carving. Upon completion of the workshops, the group will travel with Nkabom to multiple villages in Ghana and Burkina Faso, where they will together conduct "street shows". Through these shows, Djole Dance and Drum Company will teach street children about AIDS. None of the children of Djole can afford to travel within the U.S., much less outside the U.S. The entire trip will be covered by fundraising and grants.
For more information please contact Dr. Cynthia Cupit Swenson or Ida Taylor at 2449 Beacon Street, North Charleston, SC 29405 USA. Website: www.djoledancecompany.org; Tel: 843-308-4733; e-mail: swensocc@musc.edu
SYVALAM FOUNDATION seeking Funds for Scholarships!
SYVALAM FOUNDATION is
a non-governmental or non-profit organisation. The main objective of the
organisation is not only to provide scholarships for underpriviledge -economically
challenged youth, particularly in Nigeria, but also make sure that those
that actually qualified and seriously in need it get it. Syvalam Foundation
is run by:
Tunde Quadre(stundent OAU/activist/volunteer/founder/chairman); Sola Olusesi
(teacher/secretay) ; Kunle Adeyemi (teacher/PRO); Mukail Jimoh (lawyer/advisor);
Najeem Sanni(engineer/volunteer); Durojaye Theophilus(student/volunteer);
Shade Ogundele (nurse/volunteer); Bola Oyinloye(student/volunteer).
To learn more about
their projects for SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND UNDERGRATUATES and support
them, please contact Mustapha Babsatunde at 6 Macaulay Street,Lagos Island,
Lagos, Nigeria. P.O.BOX 1551; Email: syvalam@yahoo.com
Africa Youth Ministries Uganda is requesting funds for Art for Peace project!
Africa Youth Ministries
Uganda, is a Faith Based NGO registered in Uganda Reg No 2386. The population
of Uganda is 60% composed of Youth which means, 60 % of the displaced people
in Northern Uganda are the Youth. They have been incapacitated by the war
economically, socially and this makes them vulnerable to joining rebel ranks
now and in the future. Among the targeted beneficiaries are former rebel
soldiers (returnees), former abductees, IDP's etc. If such a section of
the population is left redundant, they may be induced into further future
similar activities.
Requested funds will be used to train project beneficiaries in Art &
Crafts Skills, buy training materials and tools. This Project is expected
to benefit 600 war affected youth in a period of 1 year in the districts
of Gulu, Lira and Pader. Requested funds will also be used to provide start
up tools and materials to the trainees. The over all goal of this project
is building a lasting & sustainable peace in Northern Uganda, and further
reducing poverty levels as a major cause in the spread of HIV. Africa Youth
Ministries Uganda will be responsible for technical support, monitoring
and marketing of the outputs.
We're looking forward to submitting a full proposal with additional information
for your further review. We will be glad to answer any further questions
you may have or you may visit our website at: www.aymu.org. For more information
please contact Albert Kunihira, Country Director & Peace Ambassador.
The Africa Youth Ministries Uganda, P.O. Box 20029, Kampala, Uganda
E: Admin@aymu.org or Albert@aymu.org
Kibera Artists United Against AIDS (KAUAA) : "Enhancing the role of youth in the fight against HIV/AIDS" Looking for your Support!
Based on the success of our program, theatre for development; we have seen the role played by arts in educating the community on various social issues.KCYP is planning to organize a youth initiative involved in arts for a big awareness campaign proposed to be held in Kibera .We envision the support of media throughout the two days event which seeks to highlight and inform various stakeholders on the role played by youth in the mitigation of HIV/AIDS.
Through the event, we look forward to showcase a variety of talents borne by youth from the slums for the media, corporate bodies, government institutions,development organizations and charity organizations to see and agree to promote the same afterwards. This event is meant to show the kind of immense talents available amongst the youth living in the slums which has hitherto been ignored neithered received any assistance.The event will will be graced by Larry Knight,an American musician from OverKnight Music who has agreed to perform during the event alongside other Kenyan musicians in support of local upcoming artists.Larry was in the country recently and is planning to come back in September.KCYP is therefore keen to partner with any like-minded organization to ensure the success of this event. We know that music is food for the soul and hereby invite you to partner with us to enable us use arts for creative transformation,activism lifeline,inspiration vision and education to our society.
Overal Theme: Enhancing the role fo youth in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Objectives:
-Create awareness on HIV/AIDS,PMTCT and other reproductive health issues.
-Generate new knowledge that advances reproductive health issues.
-Promote the awareness of interdisciplanry approach in development- a more
"creative approach." For constructive and positive change for
the younger and underprivileged in the society.
-To recognise,promote and celebrate the role played by young artists in
community development.
-Expose,tap and nurture the talents inhibited by young artists.
-Create an understanding of the roles played by young people in the fight
against HIV/AIDS to the media,development organizations,charity organizations,corporate
bodies and the government.
-Launch a local young artist initiative.
Themes:
Inorder to reflect on various issues that are of concern to the specific
community,we propose to have two broad themes with sub-themes to guide the
participants while preparing for the event. This are:
1) HIV/AIDS
-Stigma reduction.
-Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT)
-Abstinence.
-Positive Living.
2) Prevention
of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. (PMTCT)
-Benefits of Ante-Natal care and Post-Natal care.
-Exclusive breastfeeding.
The event is estimated
to cost a total of US$ 6,703 and we are looking for people to share
with us in this endeavour by supporting us in any little way available at
their disposal. For
more information please contact Fredrick Ouko, Co-ordinator, Kibera Community
Youth Programme at P.O.Box 5837-00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 0720
786218 E-mail:kcyp2000@yahoo.com, www.kcyp.kabissa.org.
International GLBT Film Festival Seeks Your Assistance
The 2004 Pride International Film Festival organizers will be screening a wide variety of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual themed films and videos, which will be screened at various venues in the Metropolitan city of Manila, Philippines. This event will honor Madonna with the festival's "Judy" award and Sir Ian Mckellen with the "Lifetime Achievement and Distinction" award. Both of these will be presented to them at the Closing Night Gala of the festival. We are thereby encouraging international filmmakers, producers, artists and film sponsors to visit our country during the festival, and help us through this worthy endeavor.
Since this festival we are establishing is not funded by any local government or any private institutes, we would like to direct this annoucement to all film festival funders and HIV/AIDS advocators and supporters to assist our festival through contributions or donations. With this project, your organization will not only help promote our mutual advocacy towards anti-stigma and anti-discrimination against GLBT communities and HIV/AIDS infected people, but you will be a part in assisting a local beneficiary in raising funds during the festival.
Please help us fulfill this advocacy through this international GLBT film festival, and support an HIV/AIDS organization in the Philippines by extending your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you, and we thank you in advance for your unending support to our festival. You can contact the Festival Organizer, Mr. Severino Planas, direct by sending email at piff@filmfestivals.net or pridefilmfest@hotmail.com.
Culture Without Borders: An Armenia-Turkey Architectural Peace-Building Project
Culture Without Borders
is one of two projects that evolved from an Economic and Agricultural Development
Taskforce held between Turkish and Armenian NGOs and municipal leaders (2002-03)
AND one of six projects overall to result from a joint project of Center
for the Research of Societal Problems/ TOSAM (Turkey), International Center
for Human Development/ ICHD (Armenia), the New School for Social Research
(New York) and American University’s Center for Global Peace (Washington
DC) entitled Conflict Prevention, Effective Communication and Citizenship
Building in the Southern Caucasus.
This project has the potential to advance a broader dialogue that is working towards a South Caucasus Regional Architecture Symposium on the model of the Provincial Towns Caucasian Congress (PTCC) that was held in January 2003 with Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey. The Building that will be restored during the first phase of the project will be used as a municipal women’s center upon completion (see attached photograph).
If you or your organization would like to help the city of Kars; the countries of Turkey and Armenia; and the region in this practical peace-building project, please contact: Todd L. Lester, New School for Social Research, Robert. J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy. 178 Ocean Parkway, #C8; Brooklyn, New York 11218; USA. EMAIL: tl_lester@yahoo.com; PHONE: +1 (917) 952-4933; FAX: +1 (212) 229-5904.
Global Child Art for Environment Education Project
Global ChildArt for Environment Education concept developed by India Volunteers and seven grass-root community based organizations aims to provide environment education to school children through organizing global child art competition via Internet & Website; reproducing selected child art for distribution /sale among school children globally; and establishing an ECO-FUND for school and community based projects in developing countries. The program will create awaress for school children on Tree Plantation; Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation; Eco-friendly Rural Housing; Sustainable Agriculture; Low cost Solar Energy, and Eco-Friendly Product Promotion and Distribution.
For more information on how to support this project please contact Mr. Bishnu Karmakar at indiavolunteers@rediffmail.com. (India)
Research Project on the Role of the Arts Seeks for Funding
Centre for Social and Educational Research, The College of St.Mark and St. John is seeking funding for a project concerned with researching the research on the role of the arts as an intervention in counselling and psychotherapeutic work with refugees- based at the University of Oxford. The project is focusing on "Arts-Based Counselling, Psychotherapy and Educational Programmes with Refugees: What Works?" issue. To request further information please contact Professor Garth Allen, Director. email: gallen@marjon.ac.uk
Address: Centre for Social and Educational Research, The College of St.Mark and St. John, Derriford Rd.Plymouth PL6 8BH. UK
Tel. 0044 01752 636861
and Fax 0044 01752 636803
http://www.marjon.ac.uk/about/research/social_main.asp
Rural Boarding Elementary Schools need Support!
There are currently 522 Rural Boarding Elementary Schools (YIBOs) in Turkey which were built by the government to provide education for children in Anatolia. These facilities provide free education, shelter, and meals for children who come from economically disadvantaged families. YIBOs not only foster and educate nearly 200, 000 children, but also indirectly benefit these children's families who have difficulty in providing safe; intellectually, emotionally and physically nourishing environments. However, in terms of educational material, most of these schools lack facilities such as leisure and sport areas, art and music centers, libraries and computer labs, all of which are essential for children's intellectual and physical development. As a result, under the current conditions YIBOs cannot be reputed to fulfill their mission in these rural areas.
Association in Support of Contemporary Living (CYDD) supports currently four schools in Van, Diyarbakir, Batman and Siirt. Based on the experience with these RBES, CYDD is looking for sponsors to bring improvements to other YIBOs. CYDD, together with all stakeholders, is aiming to recover 240 more YIBOs from being mere shelters for children to a healthy, friendly and stimulating environments suitable for learning and personal development.
To request further information,
contribute, and/or become partners of this project please contact us directly
at info@art4development.net.
Artists Seeking Collaboration and Project Support:
* Joanne Wasserman, USA -
"I believe that art expresses life beyond the neighborhood currency. Good art is alive, has identity, and speaks for itself. Things perceptibly addressed to persons seeing well what they are viewing will naturally deepen in time in mind. Regarding Subjects of Humanitarian Portrayal, my intention in creating art is to express those situations that should have the attention of every person in the world for the sake of relieving people from crises conditions. My works of art can communicate the trials of life's circumstances, that when manifest to others would affect our caring selves, and cause us to act to improve the conditions. My art imagery is representational or calligraphic; it can be literal or figurative or abstract or symbolic in all manner of pictures and letter forms compositioning".
Joanne C. Wasserman, Artist, Wasserman Design
12402 Village Square Terrace, Suite 201
Rockville, Maryland 20852
tel. 301 770 5112;
fax. 301 770 5887;
email. jcwgreat@aol.com
Turkish National Earthquake Education Campaign Art Project:
This Project Proposal is in consideration at the World Bank to obtain one half of the total Project cost. Contributions by others must be obtained in any amount of U.S. dollar donations which shall total the remaining one half of the total Project cost. The total Project budget equals $30,000.
In this project Joanne Wasserman, an American calligrapher / artist, will compose a variety of real life, pictorial scenes depicting Turkish family life within home, work, and community settings. These storytelling pictures are teaching Turkish people to act effectively in the wake of natural disasters such as earthquakes. She will create 15 very large montage paintings and 15 symbolic icons (iconographs), for a total quantity of 30 original works of art that illuminate vitally important lessons in individual and community disaster preparedness, local preparedness, and response organization and skills to ensure personal safety and mitigation of property losses. Her works of art are going to communicate the complexity of the Campaign's instruction and information methods by appearing as easy-to-understand visual imagery and pleasantly interpretive narrative compositions. All 30 works of art 'speak truly' the Turkish Earthquake Education Campaign's message. Istanbul Community Impact Project (i.e., Istanbul'u Afete Hazirlik Egitim Projesi) is the Campaign program producer, which internet address is: www.iahep.org.
After completion of the 15 multiple-scene paintings and 15 iconographs, she will furnish the art imagery by graphic design in products that are being planned and written by the Campaign program organizers. These educational product designs will be published within Turkey and distributed nationwide in printed formations and mass media presentations, as well as in national public service announcements.
If you would be so kind to make a charitable contribution of funds in support of full realization of this Project in service of the Turkish people, please contact Joanne Wasserman at at jcwgreat@aol.com. (USA)
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* S. Shylene
"I am very interested in my community. I strive to provide the message of use what you have, and just because its broken doesn't mean its garbage, within most my work. There are so many things to make art from and so many ways to make it. I love working in recycled materials and make the "something from nothing" philosophy part of all my work. I work with driftwood, which I use to make my army of “West Coast Driftures”.
I mostly concentrate
on designing mosaics using broken recycled mirror in interesting combinations
with tile or china. When I make these recycled treasures I hope they find a new
home where everyone imagines how many faces have looked into each piece
of mirror, or where each piece of driftwood has traveled from and that they
then consider each scratch and nick part of the piece’s unique history. I
also look forward to a future of bringing people together to make public
art. To bring pride and glamour to an area otherwise neglected and forgotten,
using recycled materials and inspiration of the community and environment
of the area.
Contact: inquire@shylene.com
url: www.shylene.com
Voluntary Community based projects:
1.Victoria, BC: "Reaching For Rainbows- Moving Beyond Trauma" - This community show, which lasted three weeks, used various forms of art from painting, sculpture to performance art and poetry to show how trauma survivors used art as a means of therapy.
2.Vancouver:
2.1.: "Ray Cam Community Center" with Dan Bushnell. This project brought together the elders and children of the area to design and build large mosaics to be installed in the community center. The artist volunteered in the project. http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/recreation/Raycam/centre.htm
2.2. : "Fleetwood Community Center" with Jane Cameron. This project also brought the community together with the artists who worked in an open concept. Artists set up outside the community center and allowed the general public drop in (for free) to design and build mosaics. The mosaics were then installed on the parking lot retaining wall. http://www.fleetwood.surrey.bc.ca/index.html
2.3.: Current Project: "Community Walls/Community Voices". Shylene Calla worked again with Dan Bushnell and Richard Tetrault. This project is a collaborative mural and sculptural project celebrating the diversity of East Vancouver. It involves community members in all aspects conceiving, designing and installing a permanent public installation and will transform a wall stretching more that two city blocks. It has already taken the better portion of year through development to installation. This is the largest community based project in Vancouver's history.
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* Francklin Pierre, Haiti-
"I am very interested in intercultural dialogue, peace, and meeting people of different cultures! I am the manager of a non profit (social and cultural) organization, called Boulevard Liaison, partner of the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity of UNESCO. The group projects to work in the sector of culture and society; support value and creativity in the domains of: Arts, literary, sports, education etc; promote the idea of Fraternity, and InterCultural dialogue between the people from the caribbean zone (West Indies), and the rest of the world. URL: www.groupbl.org Personal Webpage: http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/bl Email:fpkakou@yahoo.fr
TREE: An agency with a difference is looking for Support!
TREE, or Theatre for Research Education and Empowerment, explores and exploits the potential of theatre as an effective means of social mobilization. TREE corporate philosophy focuses on Shaktimoy Manoosh - a strong spirited self-confident mass, being aware of and active in various issues crucial to better one's life.
Keeping in mind the tradition, entertaining value, motivating quality, and information-dissemination potential of theatre, TREE adopts a rather innovative approach to undertake research, impart education and raise awareness through basically improvisational theatre. TREE calls it Composite Awareness Programme (CAP).
In working on HIV/AIDS and other social and health-related issues, like abortion, adolescent health, BCC etc, TREE has worked with the marginalized community with its theatre. Funded by the donors and NGOs, TREE has already completed many a programme, including counseling, developing IEC materials, training (on theatre, music, dance, team building, communication strategy etc), awareness campaigns, specific-issue oriented theatre performances, media material development, self help group formation and so on. A number of projects have been in operation.
TREE is headed by a Chairperson and a Managing Director. TREE personnel include executives, performer troupe, and community representatives.
Previous Work:
Interactive Theatre Campaign:
World AIDS Day Interactive
Theatre Campaigns 1999 in Dhaka City, funded by different business community
like MONNO CERAMIC, ASIATIC MCL etc.
World AIDS Day Theatre campaigns 2001 in 8 Districts over the country.
Interactive Theatre on Dengue, supported by PLAN International.
Composite Awareness Program on HIV/AIDS for Industry labor in Tongi, supported
by SMC.
Street Theatre campaign on Literacy Day 2000&2001, supported by Directorate
of Non-Formal Education.
Interactive Theatre Campaign on Intolerance, supported by United Nations
Information Center (UNIC), Dhaka.
Street Theatre on Urban Care, supported by SINPA.
Interactive Theatre Performance on Rape, supported by CWRY (Project of Asia
Foundation).
Interactive Theatre on UFHP clinic services, supported by UFHP.
Theatrical Dissemination of Research work:Theatrical dissemination of research work in different area technically and financially supported by BIRPERHT and BWHC (topics: unwanted pregnancy, change in adolescent)
Self-help group formation:
Self-help group formation
and capacity building in Faridpur brothel with sex worker from 2000 to 2001
funded by HASAB.
Community Theatre Group formation in Comilla, supported by CCDA.
Formation and capacity building of sex worker's cultural group named HASNAHENA
supported by UFHP.
Development of Curriculum:
Adolescent Reproductive
Health Curriculum Adaptation by using role-play, poem, comics etc. for Population
Council, BD.
Developing a life skills educational curriculum for sex workers (on going)
supported by CONCERN, Bangladesh.
Preparation of Guideline and handout for School teacher/community facilitator
on Adolescent Reproductive Health for Population Council, BD.
Training:
School teacher and community
facilitator training for Population Council, Bangladesh.
Health Ambassador (Peer Educator) group formation and training with school
going and non-school going adolescent for population council, BD.
Training to develop individual and organizational development of sex worker
supported by CONCERN.
BCC materials:
Developing BCC materials
for SDPP, CONCERN.
Producing in-house audio cassette on HIV/AIDS
Producing audio-cassette on Polio for Save the Children USA.
Producing audio-cassette on sex work by sex worker's Theatre group HASNAHENA.
Bangla version of WSSD film for UNIC, Dhaka.
Documentary film on Cricket history of Bangladesh.
Interactive Video for UFHP.
Event management:
Event Management for
Bangladesh Cricket Board (inaugural test cricket ceremony, Test cap award
ceremony etc.).
Event management for United Nation Information Centre(UNIC), Dhaka: WSSD
Conference perspective Bangladesh, International Day of Peace and so on.
Out-of county exposure:
Interactive Theatre
performance on HIV/AIDS, 6th ICAAP, Melbourne.
Presenting Theatre based alternative schooling for marginalized community
" School of Margin", 6th ICAAP, Melbourne.
Facilitation of skills building workshop in 6th ICAAP on Theatre for Education.
Participation in commonwealth NGO study visit in Zambia.
Potential Activities:
IAMA (Interactive Audio-visual Materials for Awareness) project to strengthening
local government institutions in Bangladesh: Selected as a strong potential
concept by ARDB supported by USAID waiting for final award.
Development of a model village: conceptual agreement with Research Initiative
of Bangladesh (RIB) waiting for funding.
Contact:
Name: Syed Mizanur Rahman,
Managing Director
Organization: TREE Foundation Ltd., 102/1 Royer Bazar, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh.
Ph: 0088-2-9130220, Email: tree@bd.drik.net
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