Congo: Theatre for Reintegrating Child Soldiers
Congo Child Soldiers
Summary
The project will work with former child soldiers in Bukavu and villages in the South-Kivu Province on theatre projects to break down stereotypes about child soldiers and eliminate their use.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,003 was raised for this project. |
Received $2,003 from 6 donations from people like:
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Tens of thousands of children are used as soldiers in DR Congo. They have been cut off for years from their family, education and any sense of normal life. People often consider them as beyond redemption. Their own family may reject them for the crimes they’ve been involved in. In these circumstances, former child soldiers are often tempted to go back to military camps or get lost on the road trying to survive while the only means they’ve learned in armies is violence.
Activities
Centre Lokole, with local theatre troupe “CHEM-CHEM” composed of former child soldiers, will organise open-air theatre identifying and voicing key issues which affected them when they were child soldiers and the many challenges they currently face.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,003
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,003 . The original project funding goal was $13,800.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will help break stereotypes communities have developed about child soldiers and give the kids the chance to do something positive. It will also convey the implications of being a child soldier and aid in eliminating child soldiers.
Project Message
”When I’m on the stage, I become somebody else. I forget about the difficulties I’ve gone through in the bush. For sure, theatre helps me a lot”
- Merveille Mweswa, Ex-child soldier, now an actress in theatre troupe
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Patrick Merienne
Country Director -- SFCG DR Congo
Centre Lokole Kinshasa, 2eme Niveau
Galarie du Centenaire, Blvd du 30 Juin
Kinshasa,
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
243-81-700-5830
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200
Washington,
DC
20009
United States
1-202-265-4300
http://www.sfcg.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
and can also be found under 
Democracy and Governance.
For more information about Congo, Democratic Republic of the, read the Human Development Report on Congo, Democratic Republic of the or the Wikipedia entry for Congo, Democratic Republic of the.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 20, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
April 2006 Update
By Search for Common Ground - DRC, April 19, 2006 03:52 PM
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