* Improve the emotional wellbeing of children and caregivers affected by crisis in Southern Africa and around the world through humor, laughter, and play.
*Raise our society's awareness domestically and internationally about conditions encountered in areas of crisis.
* Provide professional development and empowerment opportunities to local artists and improve community based organizations' capacity to provide emotional relief.
* Maintain a spirit of creativity, play, humour, joy, peace, compassion, and loving kindness in all our endeavors.
Welcome to Clowns Without Borders South Africa!
Welcome! Siyakwemukela! Welkom! Kamohelo!
Clowns Without Borders South Africa is an artist-led humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the psychosocial condition of children and communities in areas of crisis through laughter and play.
We also seek to raise our society’s awareness of conditions in these areas.
Founded in 2004, Clowns Without Borders South Africa has implemented more than 500 interventions with performances and residencies for over 210,000 children and caregivers. Countries where we have worked include South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Southern Sudan, and Ethiopia.
CWB-South Africa maintains a spirit of peace, joy, compassion and loving kindness in all of our endeavors.
Please feel free to browse our website to find out more information about Projects, Partners, Press, and ways you can support our work!
Thank you! Siyabonga! Dankie! Rea Leboha!
Latest news
- 6 weeks 5 days ago
Check out this recent article by David Masters from Positive News, UK!
http://positivenews.org.uk/2011/culture/art/5627/clowns-spark-laughter-crises/
- 11 weeks 4 days ago
Clowns Without Borders South Africa and Ireland were recently featured in The Witness newspaper who joined us in Creighton during our performance tour with Sunflower HELP.
Click on the following link to see a slideshow of the show!
- 12 weeks 3 days agoThe Sibikwa 'Stories Without Borders' storytelling festival invited CWBSA back this week to perform 'Mpela and the Lost Penguin' - an interactive, spontaneous and playful storytelling show by two clowns (Annabel Morgan and Nadia Woodward) about a little boy who finds a penguin at his door. The boy and the penguin travel far and wide searching for home, only to find it within each other. It's a story of an unusual and delightful friendship!
- 15 weeks 3 days ago
We are excited to announce a new programme for AIDS-affected teens in the Umqatsheni area near Underberg. Funded by HIVOS and Europcar, Clowns Without Borders and the Khuphuka Project are piloting a programme focused on psychosocial support and HIV prevention with tens ages 12-15 and their guardians.
- 15 weeks 3 days ago
Artists from Ireland and South Africa will collaborate to create a show for children and orphans affected by HIV and AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Journals
- 7 weeks 6 days ago
CWBSA did a follow-up residency in Crieghton on the 21 - 25 November. We met with 37 participant from the community of Tarr's Valley and 4 care workers from Sunflower help centre. We had 4 sessions with children and 1 session with the guardians and what we found from the guardians is that the first residency really brought change in thier lives and they will really like to continue doing some of the things that we tought them and also have a support group.
- 7 weeks 6 days ago
Molweni , Hello, Bonjour, Dumelang!!!!!!
Once again Sussie and I went to the Eastern Cape in Umtata where they speak deep isiXhosa mixed with English, which was nice for both of us. We went there to train community care workers with Itemba Community Development Services. We had a great time with 15 participants who enjoyed every minute with CWBSA facilitators.
- 8 weeks 1 day ago
Kokstad, kokstad, kokstad. Sibongile and I arrived on Sunday the 11th of September 2011. I was looking forward to this Njabulo Residency for a couple of reasons. One being the fact that it was my second residency programme and I was the project leader. Scarrry! Second being the fact that I was going to speak my language isiXhosa. It’s been a long time since I spoke my home language as I am now a resident of KwaZulu Natal.
- 8 weeks 2 days ago
An update from our follow-up residency in sweet Matatiele, Eastern Cape. Sibongile and I returned to work with the same guardians and children that we did the Najbulo residency programme with in September. We were joined by Katie Chalcraft, who came to observe the way we work for her research (see Wasafiri Consulting)
She wrote this piece about her experience:
- 8 weeks 4 days ago
Some snapshots from CWBSA of the different experiences doing a performance tour with Clowns Sans Frontieres in Cape Town from 19 Nov - 2 Dec.
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November:
02-04 Sibikwa Mini-Festival in Gauteng
07-08 Stepping Stones International training in Botswana
07-11 Capacity training in Umtata, Eastern Cape
14-18 Capacity training in Matatiele, Eastern Cape
17-02 Performance tour in Western Cape
21-25 Capacity training in Creighton, KZN
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