Acknowledgements
This toolkit is the result of teamwork betweendrama and sexual and reproductive healthpractitioners from six countries.Botswana: Ross Kidd – consultant in participatoryeducation evaluation and research.Malawi: Family Planning Association of Malawi,Market Theatre Dowa.Mozambique: Viveremos, Aro Juvenil, CVM.UK: Gill Gordon – Senior Technical Advisor:Prevention, International HIV/AIDS Alliance.Zambia: Planned Parenthood Association ofZambia, Onolina Zulu, Twiza Mobile TheatreCompany, Kamoto Community Arts, NZP+, Africa Directions Theatre, Young Happy Healthyand Safe.Zimbabwe: Youth for Child in Christ, GrassrootsTheatre, Takudzwa Mukiwa – consultant in theatrefor development and sexual and reproductivehealth.The Alliance Regional Youth Programmeorganised an initial workshop and three interactivedrama workshops between 2004 and 2007. Theworkshops allowed us to explore the variousconcepts and practice of using theatre anddrama techniques for development and to shareinteractive drama activities for different purposes.We agreed on the content and approach of thetoolkit and based it on our discussions andactivities.We wish to acknowledge the ideas and creativityof the theatre and drama and participatorylearning and action practitioners who have beendeveloping this area of work over many yearsand in many countries. The resources on page186 list the key documents that we have usedin developing the toolkit. The tools describedin the toolkit are the result of the creativity andenthusiasm of many people and the originalsource of each tool is rarely known.© International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2008Information contained in this publication may befreely reproduced, published or otherwise usedwithout permission from the International HIV/ AIDS Alliance. However, the International HIV/ AIDS Alliance requests that it be cited as thesource of the information.The production of this publication was madepossible through the support of DANIDA, Sidaand BUZA. The opinions expressed herein do notnecessarily reflect the views of this donor.To order Alliance publications, please go to
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