Initiatives using Live Performance as a communication tool: Empower - India This non-profit organisation aims to empower marginalised communities such as women, children, and youth of socially and economically disadvantaged communities. Through their Street Play Programme, Empower works on sensitisation and awareness building. On average, about 4 to 6 programmes are conducted every month on STD/HIV/AIDS prevention, women's rights, child rights, environmental awareness, and issues concerning livelihoods... Mapenzi Tamu (Sweet Love) - Kenya Featuring a cast of former street children from the Dagoretti Child in Need Project in Kenya, this is a theatrical production that aims to give street children a voice, raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, and tackle related stigma. According to the organisers, stigma continues to be a significant hurdle to HIV prevention and care of people living with HIV/AIDS in the country. The production also aims to break stereotypes often associated with street children, and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS issues related to them... Kids on the Block-Vermont - United States This is a non-profit volunteer organisation using life-sized puppets to teach children in the state of Vermont (in the United States) about disabilities, cultural diversity, children's mental health, social and safety issues, substance abuse, healthy bodies, and AIDS. Specifically, the educational troupe performs 50-minute puppet/workshop presentations for children in kindergarten through grade 8; performances typically involve 2 skits with a song...
Some recent issues of The Drum Beat on HIV/AIDS: The Drum Beat 430 - Healthy Youth: Edutainment Strategies published February 18 2008 This issue focuses on how the "entertainment-education" or "edutainment" method has been drawn upon to address health issues that impact the lives of young people, in particular, such as HIV/AIDS and reproductive health... The Drum Beat 406 - HIV Testing and Pregnant Women: How Do We Best Prevent Vertical Transmission? published August 6 2007 This is one of a series of commentary and analysis pieces. In this issue, the HIV/AIDS Programme of UNICEF TACRO (the United Nations Children's Fund Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office) shares its perspectives on both the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, and access to HIV testing among pregnant women... The Drum Beat 396 - HIV/AIDS and Local Action published May 28 2007 This issue looks specifically at HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention efforts that stem from local and community action...
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