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of the activities of the sister clowns without borders organizations
in the world. Here is a brief calendar
of current and upcoming expeditions in 2007. last updated
July 13th, 2007.
Lower on the page,
a log of previous expeditions: Where
they just were
July 2007
CSF France: West Bank, shows and workshops
PSF Spain : West Bank, shows and workshops
PSF Spain : Sierra Leone, shows and workshops
PSF Spain : Ivory Coast, shows
CWB USA : New Orleans, shows and workshops
CWB South Africa/CUG Sweden: Swaziland, shows
August 2007 :
CSF France: Chad-Goz Beida, Assessment
PSF Spain : West Bank, shows and workshops
PSF Spain : Bosnia, shows
PSF Spain : El Salvador-STa. Marta, assessment
CWB South Africa/CUG Sweden: Swaziland, shows
CWB South Africa : KwaZulu Natal, shows and workshops
CUG Sweden: West Bank, workshops
September 2007
CSF France : Moldova, shows
PSF Spain : Haiti, Cite Soleil, shows
PSF Spain: Cameroun, Blangoua, shows
CUG Sweden: Lebanon, beginning 3 year project
October 2007
CMSF Belgium : Southern India, Shows
CSF France : Chad, shows
CSF France : Burma, assessment, meeting w/ local artists
PSF Spain : Angola, Benguela, shows and workshops
PSF Spain :Mozambique: shows, workshops
COG Germany : Romania, shows
CUG Sweden: Lebanon, workshops
November 2007:
CMSF Belgium : DR Congo-Ituri Kivu, Shows
CSF France : Madagascar, shows
CSF France : Uruguay, shows
PSF Spain: Tanzania, shows
CWB USA : Haiti, shows and workshops
CWB USA : Guatemala, shows
CWB Ireland : Uganda
December 2007 :
CSF France : Burma, shows
CSF France : DR Congo, shows and workshops
CSF France :South East India: assessment
PSF Spain : Columbia, shows
CWB Ireland : Uganda
Where they were in 2006
CMSF-Belgium
Phillipines. January. 3 weeks
Gautier and Celine were in the Phillipines for three
weeks working with street children and children in prisons.
CHECK THEIR BLOG: http://cmsfindo.skynetblogs.be/
http://www.cmsf.be/Newsletter/newsletter1.html
(both in French)
Burma. January. Through January 18th.
5 French performers, 4 Burmese performers created
a show that they toured through Burma for three weeks performing
17 shows in different areas of the country. The security situation
in the country has tightened in recent months in response
to increasing international pressures on the government.
Nepal. October-November.
Sylvain Sluys worked with Annick Peerot of Planète
Enfants in Nepal working with street children and performing
in numerous schools, orphanages.
Java, Indonesia-November. 30 shows in 3 weeks.
A trio of clowns took a show that uses only cardboard
boxes as props to the epicenter of the earthquake JogJakarta
to do shows for schools that were destroyed and are being
rebuilt. The expedition then traveled Banda Aceh to do more
shows. Worked with Unicef. Did 30 shows in 20 days. This expedition
was originally destined for Sudan.
Sudan March 16-27. Khartoum. Joint expedition with
CWB-Belgium and France.
10 shows in 10 days,plus workshops. Moshe, Kevin,
Julien, Anestis, Fanny, Sebastien and Olivier in the heat
performing in displaced (IDP) camps/settlements, Cheshire
Handicapped Center, Ethiopian Refugee School, and the communities
of El Duem and El Sufi.
Report
Journal
Clowns Sans Frontieres-Canada:
Ethiopia. David Fiezet. Feb 11-28
Working in colaboration with Rotoplast to create
a circus school within an orphanage.
Haiti. 3 Weeks. 7-28 Febuary. 2007
Jacko et Sebastien will created shows with youth that they
have worked with before in Jackmel, Port au Prince, and the
Gonaives.
Ethiopia: November 2006
In cooperation with Rotoplast, three performers offered
up shows and hospital visits in various parts of Ethiopia
Haiti-March 9-30th CSF-Quebec with participation of CWB-USA
2006
Sara Foster and Zuzka Sabata AND the Clowns sans Frontieres-Quebec
were in the Gonaives area to perform in the schools (in cooperation
with CARE-Haiti). They performed 24 shows in 18 days for an
estimated 25 000 children during their stay.
Report
Clowns Sans Frontieres-France:
Democratic Republic of Congo. 24 February-14 March
www.kinshasa.canalblog.com
Bangladesh. December.
18 performances in 2 weeks in Dhaka, Chittagogn,
and in the Rohingan refugee camps on the Myanmar border. Very
large shows in the refugee camps.
Lebanon: End of November/Beginning December-
Following the conflict of this summer and in response
to requests from the French Cultural Centers, CSF offered
20 performances in 10 days in Palestinian refugee camps and
the villages of Southern Lebanon.
*Moldavia -September
after 4 consecutive expeditions in Moldavia, Clowns
without Borders returned for a fifth time to this country to
offer shows for children in orphanages. Moldavia is a country
that receives very little humanitarian assistance and where
very few NGO’s are operating. The poorest country in Europe,
suffering from corruption and from the mafia, children are often
the first victims in this country that is bordering on ruin.
The state orphanages house up to 8 500 children only 30 percent
of whom are real orphans, the rest being abandoned by their
families who cannot provide for their needs.
* Afghanistan (from the 17th of August to the 8th
of September) :
for the fourth consecutive year, a new expedition to Kabul
and the surrounding region took place. Performances took place
in centers that cater to street children, in children’s
hospitals, in camps for people coming back from the refugee
camps in Pakistan and Iran as well as in centers for handicapped
children. A four day workshop for twenty animators from different
NGO's took place.
* Lebanon (form the 19th to the 28th of April, 2006):
this expedition took place in the Palestinian refugee
camps in Lebanon working with the NGO Children Refugees of
the World. After a previous visit four years ago, a new expedition
visited the Palestinian camps. The situation remains difficult
of the thousands of refugees. The shows for the children in
different children’s centers are moments of celebration
that permit them to forget their daily existence for a moment.
PSF-SPAIN
Gaza Strip December. Pepa Gil, Pepe Ciclo,
Alfonso De la Pola y Cristina Julià treveled to perform
in the area. More details to follow.
Mozambique End of Nov.-Dec. 15th
The “Support to Casas Vehlas” project in Maputo,
Pemba and Nampula. Honest, Manu and Carla
offered shows and workshops as well as created a
project with a Mozambiquen association.
Equatorial Guinea Nov.20th-Dec.
5th
“Circus and Performance Workshops” in Bata and
Malabo. The Gingers worked
with local artists and at the same time perform in the interior
of the country.
Honduras-8-28th
of November
A project addressing the street children of Tegucigalpa. In
colaboration with ACOES and CODESPA, Luismi and Annina will
go to offer workshops.
Bosnia. 11-25th of November
Trup de Nassos brought laughter and smiles to the
refugee camps in Sarajevo and Gorazde. The expedition drove
by van from Catalunia like in the formative days of Payasos
Sin Fronteras, and using contacts from Buba Babik who did
logistics for the first expeditions, trup de Nassos brought
their show to boys and girls who are still suffering the consequences
of this disgraceful war right on the edge of Europe.
Sierra Leone-Oct 25th-Nov 6th
Tortell Poltrona and 5 artsists from Circ Cric are taking
a Caravan of Laughter in collaboration with Chema Caballero
will offer performances to child-soldiers and refugee communities.
They are also collaborating with 'Doctors of the World' in
an educational theater project for the communities
Senegal 2-19th October
A project in the region of Casamance, indepentist area with
serious problems of violence and landmines. Shows and workshops
in colarboration with an association of Senegalese musicians.
Participants: Pep Callau, Pepsicolen and Gog i Magog.
Haiti 7-24th October
A twenty day expedition of performances in Haitian Schools
supported by the Spanish OTC organization.The participating
artists were Pepo, Kike Calderón y Ana Montserrat.
They performed in Port au Prince, Jaquemel and surrounding
communities. A return visit will be planned for 2007, probably
with both American and Canadian participation
Palestinian Territories (September 8-15)
With support from the mayor's office of Barcelona,
the expedition was able to get into the Gaza strip and perform
with support from the Red Crescent. Pepe Viyuela, Cristina
Julià y Titu Benitu, brought their show to over 4000
children in Gaza, Khan Yunis y Rafah.
CUG-Sweden
Nepal-January.
Following up on the Irish expedition to the
Bhutaneses refugee camps in Jhapa in November, four Swedish
acrobats traveled to the 7 refugee camps to train the acrobatic
troups there. In the past two years, self trained acrobats
and groups have begun in most of the camps. this expedition
worked to offer the acrobats their first professional training
in physical and comedic skills.
Sudan-Currently Juba, Southern Sudan. November/December.
An 8 person/3 week performance expedition to the
IDP camps in and around Khartoum. This expedition unable to
access Khartoum, went to Kenya instead and performed in Sudanese
refugee camps, then travelled to Juba in the South of Sudan
where they offered performances and workshops.
Mid may- Western Sahara camps5 shows for
3000 children, also
2 shows at EU-culture festival in Alger.
April/May Expedition working
together with Palestinian artists in Bethlehem. They
had workshops and rehearsal for two weeks and then the
whole group made a two week tour with 12 shows for 8000 children
infour cities on the West bank.
Clowns Without Borders-USA.
India-Project "Muskurahat" (Smile) Jan-Feb.
Project Muskurahat is an expedition that brought
laughter to the street children in Mumbai, India. the Group
also went to the remote islands of Andaman and Nicobar to
offer shows to communities still rebuilding from the Tsunami.
Egypt, November-December 2006
Gwendolyn Rooker and Elisa Lane are in Cairo, Egypt
performed and workshops to Sudanese refugees. There are currently
30,000 Sudanese refugees registered with the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Chiapas November-December 2006
Rudi Galindo and Selena McMahan brought performances
and workshops into the indiginous communities and small towns
of Chiapas, Mexico. They went down to la zona fronterisa south
of Las Margaritas where hurricane Stan hit hard; where lots
of communities are almost cut off from the rest of the state.
Haiti October 30th-November 15th
14 shows, 4 hospital visits, 4 workshops, numerous
walk around performances all together for over 2,500 people;
clown work in Aux Cayes, Port-Au-Prince, Torbeck, and Larnage;
collaborations with the White Flowers Foundation, Maison de
Naissance, and Médicins Sans Frontières, and
all in a span of 13 days—
REPORT
Njabulo 2006-Southern Africa August-October
Project Njabulo 2006
September – October: Expedition
to Lesotho
Participants: Jamie McLaren Lachman, Selena McMahan, and Alice
Nelson, James Evans
Partner Organizations: Lesotho Save the Children, Lesotho
Child Counseling Unit, Kananelo School for the Deaf and other
grassroots organizations
Lesotho Journals
Njabulo 2006-Southern Africa May/August
Project Njabulo 2006
Swaziland Journals
KwaZulu/Natal Journals
Katrina Return-Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana April
13-23
Deven Sisler and Yvette Feuer traveled to the region
to offer performances and workshops in schools and communities
for children affected by Hurricane Katrina. They performed
a total of 13 shows in New Orleans, Baker, Baton Rouge, Gulfport,
Bay St Louis, Kiln, Poplarville and Ocean Spring.
Report
Journal
Haiti-April 4-14
Project Haiti: Performance expedition to Torbeck
near Les Cayes on the south coast of Haiti. 3 performers:
Liz Turkel, Jamie Lachman, and Tim Cunningham participated
on this expedition sponsored by the White Flowers Foundation.
They worked with two local organizations: Partners in Mission
and Maison de Naissance doing perfomances, workshops and clinic
visits.
Journal
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