User:Scrycer/Sandbox: Seeds Theatre Group
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Sam Solomon Sommi |
| Type | Theatre |
| Focus | Theatre and performance art that educates the public on health and social development. |
| Location | |
Area served | Papua, New Guinea |
Key people | Sam Solomon Sommi, director
Peter Murawa, assistant director Willie Doaemeo, project manager |
| Website | [1] |
Seeds Theatre Group is a non-profit performance group registered in Lae District, Papua, New Guinea known for creating educational performances that disseminate information on health, gender equality and social development issues to communities across New Guinea.
The company has collaborated with UN Women [1], the government of Canada [2], the Salvation Army, Save the Children and the Morobe Provincial AIDS Council [3]
Goal
[edit]To use theatre and performance as a communication tool to increase awareness of health, gender equality and social development in New Guinea. The company primarily relies upon the participation of unemployed youth. [4]
Notable Projects
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "UN Women "Women Not Witches" campaign". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "Canada International". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center PDF" (PDF). Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "Seeds Theatre Group". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
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Sources
HURIGHTS: http://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/asia-pacific/section1/pdf/Papua%20New%20Guinea.pdf
SEEDS: http://seedstheatre.org/about-us/
<<<< to do: find ABC documentary "HIV AIDS in PNG" as described in hurights.or.jp document, page number 5 (listed as 17 in upper right hand corner)
find the National Broadcasting Commission Kundu FM 105 on HIV/AIDS and family planning (see bottom of UN Women article)>>>>>>>