IPAT supports projects across Africa, from providing the very basics for life through in the Grassroots Project in Zimbabwe to taking drama into schools in central Nigeria or backing the 5 Centuries women-led theatre in Kenya. You can read about how these projects, with IPAT's support, are helping to change people's lives by clicking below.
Picture of a project in Cambodia
The "Dance of Hope" project brings choreographers and dancers from Britain to work with children from the poorest areas of Peru's capital, Lima. In Montevideo, Uruguay, we sponsor programmes for the teenagers and adults in drama, music and dance. In El Salvador, the "Music for Hope" programme allows young people in the Bajo Lempa region express their talents.
The Freedom Theatre is a community-based theatre and cultural centre based in the Jenin Refugee Camp and in Jenin City in the West Bank. The Freedom Theatre is working to build the only professional venue for theatre and arts in the northern part of Occupied Palestine.
"Daimohk" is a Chechen troupe of young dancers and musicians from Grozny who keep alive traditional forms of music and acrobatic dance. Despite the regions ongoing difficulties, "Daimohk" are building a new dancehall where they will be able to rehearse and perform. They have been invited to perform at the the Eisteddfod in Llangollen in July 2009.