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DramAidE, South Africa
Legal Status: Self-funded organization attached to the Universities of Natal and Zululand
Mission Statement/Goal:
Informed by action-research DramAidE strives to facilitate critical awareness, provide information and develop the skills to build a social movement towards an education that acknowledges the right to health and well being for everyone.
Contact Information
Contact person: L I Dalrymple
Address: DramAidE Offices, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, 3886, South Africa
Phone: (27 35) 9026224 / (27 83) 653 2053 (mobile)
Fax: (27 35) 7929140
E-mail: Lynndal@iafrica.com
URL: http://www.und.ac.za/und/dramaide
Description of services provided:
DramAidE is active in all provinces in South Africa.
Care: Workshops that memorialise lost loved ones, are therapeutic and promote positive living. In partnership with the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA).
Prevention: Projects and workshops that provide life skills, sex and sexuality education using drama-based techniques working within a cultural context
Organizational History
Year started: 1992
Structure: Board, Management committee, Trainers, Financial Manager
Employees/volunteers: 16 Employees
Working languages: English and Zulu
Achievements/Publications/Resources:
1. ACT ALIVE is a peer education project in primary and secondary schools that includes the following activities:
· Developing and capacity building youth clubs to initiate health promoting projects.
· Teacher training in life skills
· Making and performing plays with out-of-school-youth
· Community involvement in HIV/AIDS prevention and care projects.
Act Alive projects undertaken were funded by TNDT (now NDA), Dept. of Education, MCDI and RBM for different areas.
2. Gender Responsibility aimed at exploring issues within the context of HIV/AIDS and mobilising men working within schools, tertiary institutions and NGOs. This project ran a project referred to as MOBILISING YOUNG MEN TO CARE funded by John Hopkins University. A video and Guide have been made on the theme of gender awareness to use as training tools. Phase 2 of this project continued in 2001 involving presentations and training nationally at Tertiary Institutions and with NGOs.
Another project within this project for 2001 is a pilot community project in partnership with the Valley Trust referred to as HIV/AIDS: RENEGOTIATING THE REALITY funded in part by the Canada Fund. This project is aimed at researching and reducing risk taking behaviour and breaking down stigma to increase care and support within the target communities through a process of multi-sectorial social mobilisation.
3. The Memorial AIDS Quilt was originally part of the National 'Beyond Awareness Campaign' and has targeted NGOs, communities, churches and prisons. The technique used enable community participants to personalise the affects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and begin to break the silence and stigmatisation by telling the stories of those who have been lost to AIDS. These workshops have become a powerful tool whereby individuals and their communities share their stories and begin the healing process of grieving without shame, using a unique combination of techniques including creative art therapy.
Resource Material Production:
Beyond AIDS Awareness: A manual for South Africa. [2000] National Department of Health., Beyond Awareness Campaign.
Catalogue of AIDS Memorial Quilts [2000]. National Department of Health, Beyond Awareness Campaign.
The South African AIDS Memorial Quilt: A Guide for Facilitators.[2001] National Department of Health, Beyond Awareness Campaign.
How to make an AIDS Play in Five Easy Steps.[2001] National Department of Health, Beyond Awareness Campaign.
'See You at Seven'. [2001] A video and Guide about developing gender responsibility. Johns Hopkins University., Mobilising Young Men to Care.
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