mardi 20 mars 2012

Prerana's newsletter

Voici la newsletter du mois de Mars 2012 de Prerana, l'association avec laquelle nous collaborons ici. Nous nous permettons de la publier sur notre blog car Priti Patkar y parle de notre travail.

Protecting Rights. Creating Choices. Restoring Dignity.
Prerana Post - March 2012

“Great dancers aren't great because of their technique;
they are great because of their passion.”

Dancing is Divine!-That’s the experience of girls in Naunihal.

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance.
Since the 10th of February 2012 the girls of Naunihal have been part of a theatre workshop and they are dancing, springing, playing music and working on a script for their drama. To guide them through this is a couple Ms. Tamae Gennai and Mr. Pierre Deveaud from Switzerland who run the Saraswati Project. This couple is attempting to bring Theatre and Art workshops to the underprivileged children in India through a fusion of music, theatre, and movement. (more on their work www.tamiero.com in French).
In the words of Ms. Gennai and Mr. Pierre this workshop aims at;

•    Helping girls of Naunihal to express their emotions through creative ways rather
              than merely talking about it;
•    Enabling them to be ‘themselves’ in front of others;
•    Enabling them to accept themselves and others with all unique differences;
•    Helping them gain self-confidence;
•    Helping them explore their latent talents

Prior to coming to Naunihal Ms. Gennai and Mr. Deveaud conducted a similar workshop for underprivileged children living in the slums of Kolkata where they worked with an organization called "Tiljala Shed".

Ms. Janet Morier-Genoud and Ms. Francine Kandaouroff our long term partners from ASSKAM Switzerland introduced the work of Prerana to Ms. Gennai and Ms. Deveaud.

The girls of Naunihal will be  a part of this theatre process for 2 months and are planning to put up a show on the 7th of April, 2012 in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.

Website: www.preranaantitrafficking.org

*Prerana is the recipient of Stars Impact Award (2009) in the category of Child Protection.