Peace ROCKS 1a

Twinning: growing girl power

Our original idea with the ChangeMakers was to have young adults 18-25 years old. What we quickly discovered though was that would mean girls and boys could not work together. So instead we decided to work with 13-16 year olds.  Some of the people we talked to were still sceptical about whether that could work […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Twinning: Hope Square

When we decided to create the Hill Station we decided as members of our community that we wanted to see something change for the better. We found a space, we found money, we found each other to help make it happen and we created something that we all feel is our own. That’s a process […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Twinning project: capacity building

I am just back from a hot, dry, intense week at the refugee camp working on this project. You can see more about the exciting developments on the art side here, this posting is about the people and the research. On arrival at the camp, the vastness is the first thing that strikes you. Rows […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Bold Vision twinning project update: Peace ROCKS

We have had two streams of working with young people in the refugee camp. Patricio has been running workshops with kids to transform a very common object in this bleak environment (rocks) into precious stones, things of beauty. An early breakthrough came with the thought of combining two undesirable aspects – fences and rocks – […]

Read full story Comments { 1 }

Twinning project costs

The refugee camp pilot has been done on as little money as possible – particularly given the fact that it has all had to be fundraised. Before we left it was looking like we weren’t going to make it. Then at the last minute CARE changed from asking us to pay them for their help, […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Free money from Sainsbury

Give as you live A few months ago I registered Bold Vision for Give as you Live and signed up myself. Since then without doing anything different to normal, this has raised over £30 for Bold Vision. You can do it too. It’s very quick and easy then happens automatically when you shop online. Sainsburys 4%! And now […]

Read full story Comments { 0 }

Featuring Recent Posts WordPress Widget development by YD