* 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! 

 

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  • Project Njabulo/Siyazisiza - Richards Bay tour
    4 days 10 hours ago
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    Read our updates by Madame Jiji from our tour in Richards Bay!!!

    10 May 2012

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  • Project Njabulo/Siyazisiza - Building a new show
    1 week 3 days ago
    Read all about the creation process of the brand, spanking new Shosholoza Show for the Project Njabulo/Siyazisiza KZN tour!
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  • A story, well told, takes us where we need to go...
    5 weeks 3 days ago
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    From Annabel Morgan after a week of telling stories with seniors in Cape Town, South Africa:

    One of the most important lessons I learned from the five week storytelling course with the School of Storytelling (www.schoolofstorytelling.com) was that a story, told well, will take its listeners to where they need to go. And you, the storyteller, are merely a vessel or channel through which the story wisdom can flow. So, in theory a story workshop, facilitated well, should also take its participants to where they need to go.

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  • Siyapheka Isuphu Yelitye - Making Stone Soup
    9 weeks 4 days ago
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    "I feel like the gear box has opened up..."

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  • Follow-Up Njabulo Residency in Creighton
    23 weeks 3 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.

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Please explore the Clowns Without Borders organizations in other countries.

Clowns et Magicians Sans Frontieres Belgium Clowns Sans Frontieres France Clowns Clowns Without Borders Ireland Payasos Sin Fronteras Spain Clowner utan Granser Sweden Clowns Without Borders United States Clowns Sans Frontieres Canada
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