Wednesday, November 7, 2007

School days ... from Collins to Pilot Theatre



The third video in the Interact project comes from Collins Smith, a Monitoring Officer based in Ada in the Eastern Region of Ghana. His video postcard is for Marcus Romer and Sarah Seddon at Pilot Theatre.

Collins' job as a Monitoring Officer requires him to cover a large area of Eastern Ghana overseeing the work of a team of teachers and trainee teachers trained by Theatre for a Change to use Interactive Theatre in their schools.

This year Theatre for a Change is working with nearly 100 teachers, each with their own 'focus group' of 20 young people at their school examining issues like HIV/AIDS, human rights and teenage pregnancy.

Collins is responsible for supporting and developing these teachers, ensuring that their workshops are running smoothly and recording details about the workshops: numbers of people taking part, evidence of behaviour change in the participants and the size of audiences attending (and taking part in) Interactive performances.

If you're having difficulties watching the video, see it on youtube.

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