Namibia
Nawa Cinema
Activity Dates
2006 and ongoing
Activity Summary
In addition to the CAF outreach sessions and Nawa Sport, HCP, knew from the participatory leaning assessments that there was a need to reach a broader, older audience with HIV/AIDS information in a fun and entertaining way. Initially community drama was explored as an intervention, but control over content and quality of the dramas proved difficult for a centrally based HCP team in Windhoek. HCP therefore explored the possibility of community cinema and decided to pilot this in three CAF sites, Rehoboth, Oshakati and Rundu. HCP purchased video equipment.and trained CAF members and Regional Coordinators in the use thereof as well as facilitation skills to lead discussions with community members after the HIV/AIDS videos are screened.
Nawa Cinema also plans to take this initiative further by becoming a partner of the Wild Cinema Film Festival (WCFF), which will bring to Namibian communities in the regions movies otherwise only to be seen at the annual film festival in Windhoek. This will be a first step for the organizers of Namibia's most popular film showcase to realize the long-standing ambition of bringing cinema to the people in the far-flung corners of the country.
Once suitable venues have been identified by the various Community Action Forums, HCP aims to facilitate bi-weekly screenings, rotating the HIV/AIDS drama videos and a number of feature films throughout the country.
NLT director (previously the HCP Country Director), Nahum Gorelick, and deputy director, Salen Engelbrecht, faced with the challenging task of organizing the countrywide outreach programme, have welcomed the support and know-how of the Wild Cinema Film Festival in adding an entertainment component to the HIV content that will be shown to broaden the communities' knowledge of the spread and prevention in their communities.
While Wild Cinema is finally realizing its long-standing ambition of bringing movies to the whole nation. The NLT team envisage that the community cinema will stimulate discussions on HIV prevention, care and support, and encourage the rural population of Namibia to make individual and collective decisions to protect themselves against the disease.
Materials & Tools
Audience
Young men and women 16-25yrs, men and women 26-45yrs, older men and women 46+, PLWHAs
Partners
Wild life cinema
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