On the backdrop of the Global compact on refugees, the project aims to stimulate refugee local integration in an environment alive with freedom of expression, Gender Equality and nondiscrimination through a participatory art approach. Art disciplines in the project include poetry, dance and improvisation theatre.
The project is a collaborative project between Regina theatre, Uppsala and The Cultural Avenue; with Financial support from the Swedish Institute. Additional field support in refugee settlements is provided by the American Refugee Committee.
The American Refugee Committee (Now Alight) provides psychosocial supportive counseling services for refugees in Kyaka II. Through the collaborative project, we are working with potential artists from among the support groups to integrate art therapy and support sustainable livelihoods. Artistic training for refugee youth artists and artists from the host communities will improve their artistic competencies to be used for messaging and creating awareness about issues of mental health and SGBV within Kyaka II and the host community.
In Oruchinga refugee settlement, the project is working with a select group of artists from different refugee and host community performance groups. The performance groups are used by different organizations in the settlement for messaging SGBV, livelihoods and other rights related issues.
Naki One is a networking artist group, bringing together young artist of the different nationalities living in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Originally composed of 20 youthful poets, singers and dancers chosen through an open competitive process to participate in the pilot artistic project “Speak, open the Conversation”, the group continues to grow attracting other members. Through the project Refugees Across Spaces, we continue to work with the group ensuring they organize better, tap into opportunities in the creative sector, and actively connect them to platforms in Uganda’s creative Economy.
We believe that Culture, in all its variation, connects people more than divides them. At the Cultural Avenue, we aspire to promote the innovative use of culture as a connector of people.
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