Centre for Community Dialogue and Change | Projects&Methods

Dedicated to the promotion of Theatre of the Oppressed - particularly in the field of education - the Centre for Community Dialogue and Change (CCDC) is an organisation based in Bengaluru, India. They offer workshops and training in Theatre of the Oppressed, for diverse populations, especially those in the field of education, such as students, teachers, and teacher trainers. They also encourage documentation and research of Theatre of the Oppressed work in India.

Website: http://www.ccdc.in/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccdcto
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CcdcIn

Basal'ya bazoba | Project&Methods

Basal'ya bazoba was a music theatre project in Kinshasa, Congo, created to generate attention to the issue of child sorcery. In Kinshasa, an estimated 20,000 children live on the streets. 70% of them have become homeless after relatives accused them of witchcraft. These accusations give desperately poor parents an excuse to kick children out of their homes. In 2009, Theatre Embassy, Compagnie Dakar and K-Mu théâtre joined forces to create a participatory arts project about this topic. They offered theatre classes to street children and produced a highly successful show that was performed on the back of a flatbed truck all over Kinshasa, attracting more than 100,000 spectators. After each show, one of the actors facilitated a discussion with the audience in the presence of children who had been accused of sorcery.

Website: http://www.kmu-theatre.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmu.theatre

City Repair | Projects&Methods

The City Repair Project | Oregon, USA

City Repair is an organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. The many projects of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands of volunteer citizen activists.

Website: http://www.cityrepair.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cityrepair/

Tiny Toones | Projects&Methods

In 2005 Tuy Sobil (aka “KK”) opened up his modest home to a handful of kids he had seen working or living on the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. KK had only just arrived in Cambodia himself. Born in the Thai refugee camps, he grew up in the projects of Los Angeles, fell into gang membership and was eventually deported to a country he had never previously visited. What happened next is what makes his story special.

Word spread that KK had been a break-dancer. All of a sudden the very kids he saw living on the streets were knocking at his door asking him to teach them. KK saw these kids getting involved in anti-social behaviour and drugs, he saw that without guidance they were in danger of repeating the mistakes of his youth. He decided to take on the challenge and reluctantly agreed to start teaching them break-dancing.

Seven years on, those kids have performed internationally – from Australia to Italy – and now over 200 children from the slums come every day to dance, to make music, to learn English, Khmer (the Cambodian language) and computing, and to enjoy the freedom to be children.

Website: http://www.tinytoones.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TinyToonesNgo