Using dance, drama and ICT to inform rural communities: the ARRIN project
Jun 27 2007, Uganda [UG], Livelihood opportunities
Drama and dance make people change, an article written by Edith Tulp and Arjan de Jager.
Excerpt of the article:
"Drama and dance are an ideal way to inform people and make them aware of what they can do to prevent HIV infections or plan their family. That is why the Ndere theatre and dance group from Kampala in Uganda trains farmer groups all over the country to perform for their community.
The farmer groups are coordinated by the Agricultural Research and Rural Information Network (ARRIN) which has set up information centres, called InfoPops, throughout Uganda with the support of IICD. The ARRIN project started in 2003 and uses information and communication technologies (ICT) in an innovative way to provide rural communities with useful information. The goal of the project is to translate important messages (e.g. how to fight the banana wilt bacteria) to and from farmers into drama and then convey this message to a much wider audience with the help of ICT."
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