KASAMA ARTS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS OF ZAMBIA PROFILE: March 2014

Preamble

We the Kasama Theatre Arts Production artistes, determined to use our talents in drama, music, dance and other art to inform, entertain and educate recognizing the need to utilize a more familiar, simpler entertaining and appreciative of our indigenous cultural expressions; language, oral traditions and contemporary art disciplines, concerned about HIV/AIDS, Hunger, Poverty, water and sanitation, Disease, Corruption and other civic issues.

Introduction

Kasama Theatre Arts Production hereinafter being referred to as KATP is a group of performing arts based in Kasama, Zambia and gender sensitive. KATP was formed on the 7^th 0f August, 2003

In order to deliver the intended information to the masses with a Zambian flavor, Kasama Arts Theatre Production works to promote networking with partners such as Community based art groups, interest groups and individuals and other public institutions by using the integrated approach in performing its activities in an effective, comprehensive and indeed objective manner. This means that Kasama Arts Theatre Production (KATP) being a community group, it endeavors to work with the community and ensure that all its productions address the issues of the community, this being in line with theatre for development theory.

Composition

The group is composed of 25 members from Kasama Communities throughout the district and other community theatre stakeholders.

Legal status

Kasama Theatre Arts Production (KATP), is registered with National Arts Council of Zambia (NACZ) established by an Act of parliament No. 31 of 1994 and statutory instrument No. 129 of 1995 as an Art Association, and an affiliate of Zambia Popular Theatre Alliance (ZAPOTA) and a member of National Theatre Arts Association of Zambia (NATAAZ)

Vision

Using popular theatre for sustainable human development

Mission Statement

Kasama Arts Theatre Production is a group of performing artists armed at entertaining, informing, sensitizing and education the community through performing arts.

Goal

To contribute towards social and economic development through contemporary Arts

Objectives

1. To entertain, inform, sensitize and educate the community through performing arts,

2. To ensure that all collaborating partners are given equal access, quality services.

3. To reduce the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate and scale up awareness, prevention and treatment programs to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS and the other reproductive health concerns among communities by using expressive arts

4. Use cultural participation and expressive arts as a viable tool for development.

Principle office of the theatre group

The office of the group is in Kasama town at Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia along Kasama – Mpika Road behind Ludo Lodge, next to Muse Pvt School..

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Our Values

v Excellency

v Transparency

v Honesty

v Collaboration

v Networking

Our Mandates

v Resources mobilization

v Information dissemination

v Data collection

v Information management

v Identifying potential actors

v Facilitation of training needs in acting skills

v Financial management

Organization we have worked with

- We have worked with Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) in reproductive heath and family planning

- We have also worked with Anti-Corruption Commission in Anti-Corruption awareness campaign in all the twelve districts of Northern Province.

- We have worked with AFRICARE-ZAMBIA in the area of training KATP members in livelihood and entrepreneurship training for 3 days

- Human Rights Commission is another Organization that KATP has worked with in sensitizing the community member on their rights as citizens.

- Ministry of Gender, Mother and Child Development during the celebrations of Day of an African Child and Youth Days.

- Young Women Christian Association has also worked with us on child abuse awareness and corruption awareness.

- We have worked with Agriculture society of Northern Province

- We have also worked with Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company on water sanitation and hygiene.

- Kasama Municipal Council is also has worked with us on issues of water and sanitation.

- SNV on rural water sanitation and hygiene in the communities of Kasama District

- UNICEF on gender based violence through the department of social welfare.

- We have worked with Transparency International Zambia on issues on corruption.

Achievements

ü Trained nine members in acting skills in a quest to improve the quality of services in a professional and skillful manner.

ü Ability to identify and analyze useful information for education and entertainment

ü Ability to mobilize resources

ü Public demand by the community and other institutions to use the theatre group to disseminate desired information.

ü Ability to collaborate/network with key stakeholders

ü Impact of the production appreciated by many people (More are accessing the reproductive health services from PPAZ)

ü Acquired a video camera for documentaries

ü Managed to officially launch the theatre in August 2006

ü Participated in 2007 and awarded one actor for consistence and hard working.

ü Participated in the Direct from Stage organized by the Yezi Arts of Lusaka.

ü Trained 15 in all forms of child abuse funded by ZNAN, 2010

ü Participated in Intwasa International Festival held in Zimbabwe-Bulawayo

ü Participated in senior festival held in Kitwe.

ü Participated in two festivals in Malawi thus: children festival and Blantyre Arts Festival.

Activities done

ü Promoting behavior change among youths

ü Resource mobilization

ü Formation of plays and performing on the stage

ü Dissemination of useful and desirable information through drama

ü Trained artistes in Life Saving Skills and Livelihood

ü Roll out activities in two school thus; Kasama Girls’ High and Chiba Basic School

ü Water sanitation and hygiene sensitization program with Kasama Municipal Council, SNV and Chambeshi Water and Sewerage Company.

ü Child Health Promotion with AFRICARE

ü Corruption prevention sensitization during the distribution of farming inputs funded TIZ.

ü Sensitization on child abuse funded by ZNAN

ü Funded by DAPP/ZNAN to implement HIV/AIDS sensitization program under Global Fund round 8

How we implement activities

ü By combining entertainment, research and education (Entry-Ice breaking, research, information analysis, priority, play creation, rehearsal, pre-test performance, actual performance and focus group discussion)

Planned activities

ü Corruption prevention through inter school debates

ü Community sensitization

ü Exchange visits

ü Working with communities in addressing issues that affect them since we are part of the community

ü Training artists in financial accounting skills

ü Training more in acting skills to reduce the impact of artists going out for greener pasture

ü Recruiting more female actors

ü Child Abuse sensitization

ü Training artistes in life saving skills

ü Procure twenty (20) different costumes for different dances

ü Learn 5 more different dances