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pic fete AT THE colony T/A emailprotected 2013 A Proposal Document By Lentswe humanities Projects jumpstart About Us Lentswe humanistic discipline Projects LEAP is a non-profit organization established in March 2011, in legal injury of Act No 71 0f 1997 on a lower floor the De disclosement of Social maturation, southwest Africa. LEAP, is the brain pip-squeak of heathen activists, artists and art managers in the North West commonwealth who swallow for decades combined, been running contrary organizations, further fundamentally pursuing the same goals. It was against this understanding that Lentswe was formed. Lentswe has many connotations in Setswana, single macrocosm a handsome rock and the other a voice. In this context, Lentswe is built from the root of the verb go tswa, which means to stem out in Setswana. Lentswe le tswelele go tswela mosola center as you learn or advantage from Lentswe continue to be salutary engagement unto others. LEAP has been involved in artistic and social development experiences since its inception. In 2010, even before being registered. , through the Maitiso le kea cultural and artistic rendition, LEAP managed to acquire trail uniforms for the needy school children at Magokgwane Primary School in the outskirts f Mafikeng as comfortably as stationary and uniform for another(prenominal) desperate learner at Redibone Middle School with the proceedings generated from rag sales. The fundraising event drew a lot of support from national and worldwide musical artists such as Mo Molemi, and Setswana folklore genius Ntirelang Berman from Botswana. October 2011, saw LEAP co-producing an exclusively cultural wickedness of Ntirelang Berman live at Mmabana Mmabatho arena. The show was hailed as ground-breaking and conscious by the topical anesthetic media and attracted a mixture of twain the raw and old.Executive Summary The children who sleep in the streets, reduced to begging to make a living, be testimony to an unprocessed job. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela It is with the above quote from the former southeast Afri idler p tarrynt and overlord see winner, Dr. N. R. Mandela, which LEAP conceptualized and aims to stage FESTIVAL AT THE VILLAGE, alike to be cognise as emailprotected. The festival aims to be the outgrowth of its kind liberal arts festival to cater for the underprivileged youths who are also known as al-Qaidaless children but currently reside at different places of safe in the North West Province.emailprotected seeks to be a therapeutic computer programme where these youths are skilled and integrated cover song into society. It is a vehicle to be utilize to identify, train and nourish inexplic up to(p) and/or undiscovered talents while creating possible artistic careers for the tar arrested market. emailprotected impart also be the first ever arts festival to be staged within a rural community, with the aim of bolstering its local deliverance as well as making it a tourist destination. Buxton Village, in the Greater Taung Municipality is the ideal determine place with its strategic resources, zoning and approachability for the staging of emailprotected ConceptA three months learn period starting in April 2013 go out culminate into a spend 3 days long artistic therapeutic experience, accordingly making up the burden of emailprotected skill and emotional development. diverse places of preventive in four different regions of the North West Province unstrained be identified and roped in for participation at emailprotected as part of their rehabilitation programmes. Each home will have three 3 squads finish disciplines of drama, music and dance. LEAP would past assign dramaturges/ facilitators to train and develop these groups in their various(prenominal)(prenominal) discipline, with different themes inclined to each group/home.The different groups establish on different themes would thusly create performance pieces of between 20-30 proceeding long with the guidance of their respective facilitators. The facilitators would be accompanied by fired social workers either recent graduates or retired ones to help with handling potential excellent material that might be borne out of the workshoping process. It is a well known fact that every child has a secret aspiration of climbing on stage to release his/her potential performance dream.Lentswe Arts Projects aims to take for voice to the oppressed by staging such a extremist concept for expression. Interesting and therapeutic theatre forms like Forum theatre will be used to harness participation at emailprotected in June 2013. What is Forum Theatre? It is a theatrical game in which a paradox is shown in an open form, to which the audience (as spect-actors), is invited to suggest and enact solutions. The problem is always the symptom of oppression, and in the main involves visible oppressors and a protagonist who is oppressed.In its purest form, both th e actors and spect-actors will be mass who are victims of the oppression under circumstance that is why they are able to offer alternative solutions, because they themselves are personally acquainted with the oppression. Augusto Boal It goes without saying how this lineament of theatre model would go a long way in helping our targeted children as participants and society at large as audiences to dig up the type of either emotional or at times physiologic oppression that perpetuates the ever increasing human action of homeless children on our streets.emailprotected ? To be an annual therapeutic and edutaining artistic platform. emailprotected Objectives ? attest the incision of Social Developments mandate of developing and implementing an represent of programmes that do not moreover protect South Africans against poverty, but also promote investment in building and strengthening communities and households. ? To be a meaningful vehicle of intergrading our bewildered chi ldren back into society. ? To create jobs for our social workers and artists. ? To use the arts to address the socio-economic challenges and cultural restoration in our communities. To identify and address social ills that result in having children homeless. ? To create possible careers in the arts. ? To have an attracting socially-conscious arts calendar event. ? To range with the Department of Arts and Cultures Mzansis Golden miserliness policy of creating a more than you can imagine experience. ? Actualize the Department of Social Developments shelter of partnership in on the job(p) together with civil society, business, academia and the internationalist community. emailprotected Implementation Once the fiscal and physical resources are available, LEAP will develop a fine writ of execution plan and set up a strong team to take the project to its realization. The said project team will instead be consisting of representatives from different stakeholders to have a success ful and translucent process. The implementation stages shall mainly amaze with the identification of willing participatory childrens homes virtually the province, followed by assigning of different facilitators to the respective teams/homes. Action Plan goal 07 January 02 August 2013 ACTIVITY DATE identify OUTCOME Pre-production begin 07 January 29 March 2013 Mafikeng and Taung Festival Logistics Plan Fieldwork/workshops begin 01 April 2013 Around NW move the development process Fieldwork/workshops begin 30 June 2013 Around NW involve groups ready to showcase/compete. Marketing initiatives mother 10 June 2013 Around NW Create project awareness about the province. Travelling day Groups 04 July 2013 To Buxton Different homes travel to get to the designated area of showcasing. technical set-up 04 July 2013 Venues TBC Have the venues accommodating the productions. emailprotected sling 05 July 2013 Venue TBC Launch the project to the media and publ ic. emailprotected initiative Day 06 July 2013 Social midsection Start showcasing the productions. Last Day/ Prize Giving 07 July 2013 Social sharpen End short festival of performances and build prizes. Travelling day 08 July 2013 From Buxton Groups and technicians get back home. Reporting 02 August 2013 Mahikeng narration and financial reports submitted to the funders. Project cypher Please see attachedpicFestival at the Villagepic FESTIVAL AT THE VILLAGE T/A emailprotected 2013 A Proposal Document By Lentswe Arts Projects LEAP About Us Lentswe Arts Projects LEAP is a non-profit organization established in March 2011, in terms of Act No 71 0f 1997 under the Department of Social Development, South Africa. LEAP, is the brainchild of cultural activists, artists and art managers in the North West Province who have for decades combined, been running different organizations, but fundamentally pursuing the same goals. It was against this understanding that Lentswe w as formed. Lentswe has many connotations in Setswana, one being a large rock and the other a voice. In this context, Lentswe is built from the root of the verb go tswa, which means to stem out in Setswana. Lentswe le tswelele go tswela mosola meaning as you learn or benefit from Lentswe continue to be good use unto others. LEAP has been involved in artistic and social development projects since its inception. In 2010, even before being registered. , through the Maitiso le Kea cultural and artistic rendition, LEAP managed to buy school uniforms for the needy school children at Magokgwane Primary School in the outskirts f Mafikeng as well as stationary and uniform for another desperate learner at Redibone Middle School with the proceedings generated from ticket sales. The fundraising event drew a lot of support from national and international musical artists such as Mo Molemi, and Setswana folklore genius Ntirelang Berman from Botswana. October 2011, saw LEAP co-producing an exclusiv ely cultural night of Ntirelang Berman live at Mmabana Mmabatho theatre. The show was hailed as ground-breaking and conscious by the local media and attracted a mixture of both the young and old.Executive Summary The children who sleep in the streets, reduced to begging to make a living, are testimony to an unfinished job. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela It is with the above quote from the former South African president and Noble Prize winner, Dr. N. R. Mandela, which LEAP conceptualized and aims to stage FESTIVAL AT THE VILLAGE, also to be known as emailprotected. The festival aims to be the first of its kind arts festival to cater for the underprivileged youths who are also known as homeless children but currently reside at different places of safety in the North West Province.emailprotected seeks to be a therapeutic platform where these youths are skilled and integrated back into society. It is a vehicle to be used to identify, train and nourish hidden and/or undiscovered talent while creating possible artistic careers for the targeted market. emailprotected will also be the first ever arts festival to be staged within a rural community, with the aim of bolstering its local economy as well as making it a tourist destination. Buxton Village, in the Greater Taung Municipality is the ideal identified place with its strategic resources, zoning and accessibility for the staging of emailprotected ConceptA three months training period starting in April 2013 will culminate into a weekend 3 days long artistic therapeutic experience, therefore making up the core of emailprotected skill and emotional development. Different places of safety in four different regions of the North West Province will be identified and roped in for participation at emailprotected as part of their rehabilitation programmes. Each home will have three 3 teams covering disciplines of drama, music and dance. LEAP would then assign dramaturges/ facilitators to train and develop these groups in their respective discipline, with different themes attached to each group/home.The different groups based on different themes would then create performance pieces of between 20-30 minutes long with the guidance of their respective facilitators. The facilitators would be accompanied by unemployed social workers either recent graduates or retired ones to help with handling potential sensitive material that might be borne out of the workshoping process. It is a well known fact that every child has a secret aspiration of climbing on stage to unleash his/her potential performance dream.Lentswe Arts Projects aims to give voice to the oppressed by staging such a revolutionary concept for expression. Interesting and therapeutic theatre forms like Forum theatre will be used to harness participation at emailprotected in June 2013. What is Forum Theatre? It is a theatrical game in which a problem is shown in an unsolved form, to which the audience (as spect-actors), is invited to suggest and enact solutions. The problem is always the symptom of oppression, and generally involves visible oppressors and a protagonist who is oppressed.In its purest form, both the actors and spect-actors will be people who are victims of the oppression under consideration that is why they are able to offer alternative solutions, because they themselves are personally acquainted with the oppression. Augusto Boal It goes without saying how this type of theatre model would go a long way in helping our targeted children as participants and society at large as audiences to comprehend the type of either emotional or at times physical oppression that perpetuates the ever increasing number of homeless children on our streets.emailprotected ? To be an annual therapeutic and edutaining artistic platform. emailprotected Objectives ? Endorse the Department of Social Developments mandate of developing and implementing an array of programmes that do not only protect South Africans against poverty, but also promote investment in building and strengthening communities and households. ? To be a meaningful vehicle of intergrading our lost children back into society. ? To create jobs for our social workers and artists. ? To use the arts to address the socio-economic challenges and cultural restoration in our communities. To identify and address social ills that result in having children homeless. ? To create possible careers in the arts. ? To have an attracting socially-conscious arts calendar event. ? To align with the Department of Arts and Cultures Mzansis Golden Economy policy of creating a more than you can imagine experience. ? Actualize the Department of Social Developments value of partnership in working together with civil society, business, academia and the international community. emailprotected Implementation Once the financial and physical resources are available, LEAP will develop a detailed implementation plan and set up a strong team to take the project to its realization. The said project team will preferably be consisting of representatives from different stakeholders to have a successful and translucent process. The implementation stages shall mainly begin with the identification of willing participatory childrens homes around the province, followed by assigning of different facilitators to the respective teams/homes. Action Plan PERIOD 07 January 02 August 2013 ACTIVITY DATE PLACE OUTCOME Pre-production begin 07 January 29 March 2013 Mafikeng and Taung Festival Logistics Plan Fieldwork/workshops begin 01 April 2013 Around NW Unroll the development process Fieldwork/workshops begin 30 June 2013 Around NW Have groups ready to showcase/compete. Marketing initiatives commence 10 June 2013 Around NW Create project awareness around the province. Travelling day Groups 04 July 2013 To Buxton Different homes travel to get to the designated area of showcasing. Technical set-up 04 July 2013 Venues TBC Have the venues accommodating the productions. emailprotected Launch 05 July 2013 Venue TBC Launch the project to the media and public. emailprotected First Day 06 July 2013 Social Centre Start showcasing the productions. Last Day/ Prize Giving 07 July 2013 Social Centre End short festival of performances and give prizes. Travelling day 08 July 2013 From Buxton Groups and technicians get back home. Reporting 02 August 2013 Mahikeng Narrative and financial reports submitted to the funders. Project Budget Please see attachedpic