Our mission is to collaboratively establish a therapeutic arts program helping young people find empowerment & healing in the township of Winterveldt, South Africa.
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Thank you all so much for your continued support at: http://fundly.com/the-bokamoso-life-center-travel-to-south-africa
What has your support contributed to?!
-2 mural projects (one mural seen below)
- the filming of a movie raising awareness about drug use and its dangers
- documentation of interviews conducted, exploring art and art therapy across South Africa
- 3 weeks of art therapy sessions and workshops
What's to come?
- editing of the movie
- provided art therapy into schools of Winterveldt and neighboring townships
- a completed documentation of a glimpse into art and art therapy across S
South Africa
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Thank you all so much for your continued support at: http://fundly.com/the-bokamoso-life-center-travel-to-south-africa
What has your support contributed to?!
-2 mural projects (one mural seen below)
- the filming of a movie raising awareness about drug use and its dangers
- documentation of interviews conducted, exploring art and art therapy across South Africa
- 3 weeks of art therapy sessions and workshops
What's to come?
- editing of the movie
- provided art therapy into schools of Winterveldt and neighboring townships
- a completed documentation of a glimpse into art and art therapy across S
South Africa
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It Will Be Quite The Adventure!
3 weeks assisting a group of Art Therapy Students traveling for their Cross-Cultural Art Therapy Course from The George Washington University
Connecting with those in South Africa interested in learning about Art Therapy
Living and working with the Bokamoso Life Center Community in Winterveldt, S.A.
Connecting with artists and community workers in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Looking Forward to Sharing About These Adventures to Come!
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Seven Days Left! Thank you for all the support we have received towards our goal on #Fundly! Any continued support is greatly appreciated. Check it out: http://fundly.com/the-bokamoso-life-center-travel-to-south-africa
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Hello everyone!
We have booked our trip to South Africa and we are so grateful and excited for our travels to come. We are truly looking forward to the time we get to spend in Winterveldt with The Bokamoso community. We will leave the U.S. on July 11 and we will be returning on September 4.
We are so grateful to all the support we have received thus far! We thank you so very much!
We look forward to continuing to keep you updated!
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A select group from the Bokamoso Life Center are here and rehearsals have begun for their performance!
For information about the performance please contact:
[email protected]
WHERE:
The George Washington University
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center (1st Floor)
800 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
(Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro Station, Blue and Orange lines)
SPONSORS: GW Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Global Women’s Institute, with the support of the Department of Music, the Africana Studies and Women’s Studies Programs, and the Multi-Cultural Students Association; and community sponsors, the Bokamoso Youth Foundation, the Seekers Church, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.
BACKGROUND:
Since the summer of 2003, Professor Leslie Jacobson has traveled to the rural township of Winterveldt, South Africa, with colleague Roy Barber from St. Andrews Episcopal School, to work with the young men and women at the Bokamoso Youth Center, using theatre, music, and dance to address issues challenging these youth and their families in their community, struggling with the realities of poverty: lack of education and employment opportunities; teenage pregnancy; rape and other violent crime; the HIV/AIDS crisis; etc. Created under the Apartheid regime in the early 1950’s, and situated about 30 miles northwest of Pretoria, the sprawling rural township of Winterveldt (population of over 700,000), though plagued with many challenges, is actively working to heal and restore its population, with contributions from various civic and religious organizations and private individuals. One of the most effective community organizations, the Bokamoso Youth Center, works with at-risk youth to bring focus and hope to their lives, and to get them into school and training programs.
Each summer, Jacobson, often accompanied by GW students (funded by undergraduate research fellowships), and Barber have developed plays and songs that address social problems in their community. These plays evolve from collaborations with the youth and participating GW students. Since 2004, a dozen youth from the Bokamoso Youth Center have traveled to the U.S. every January, staying with GW students for a week, attending classes, participating in the lives of University students. This deeply meaningful cultural exchange culminates in a performance at the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre of the George Washington University, to benefit the Center’s Scholarship Fund.
The arts can be transformative in their power – and the relationship we have with the Bokamoso Youth Center is a living example of this power. This documentary, created by Caroline O’Grady, a theatre major accompanying Jacobson to
Winterveldt in 2009, was funded by a Gamow Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
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Derek and I are returning to South Africa this summer. Our campaign is now underway! Help us bring the therapeutic arts to the township community of Winterveldt, South Africa, on #Fundly! You can donate as much or little as you want. Any support helps! Check it out: http://fundly.com/the-bokamoso-life-center-travel-to-south-africa
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