Dance4life
| dance4life Germany | |
|---|---|
| founding | 2008 |
| Founder | Tina Havers |
| Seat | Bremen, Germany |
| motto | "Start dancing, stop aids." |
| main emphasis | HIV and AIDS |
| method | Edutainment |
| Website | www.dance4life.de |
dance4life international is a worldwide youth movement against HIV and AIDS . The dance4life school program gives young people knowledge about the pandemic as well as information about how to deal with and behave in relation to sexuality. The combination of knowledge as well as music, percussion and dance is intended to motivate young people to become active themselves. Since 2004, around 500,000 young people worldwide have taken part in the dance4life project.
International history
Dance4life international was founded in 2003 in the Netherlands by Dennis Karpes and Ilco van der Linde. dance4life developed into an international youth movement with headquarters in Amsterdam. The organization works with other non-governmental organizations around the world who implement the concept in their own country-specific way.
Dance4life is currently carried out in 25 countries, including: Argentina, Barbados, Cameroon, Kyrgyzstan, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, Nigeria, Turkey, Uganda, USA , UK, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
History of Germany
Dance4life Germany was founded in 2008 under the sponsorship of the Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus Bremen eV and initially on the basis of purely voluntary work. From 2010 to 2011 the initiative is co-financed by the EU. In 2011 dance4life Germany cooperated with the Action Alliance against AIDS , the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) and World Vision for the first time nationwide. The "School Challenge" is taking place this year in cooperation with the condom manufacturer Durex .
schools4life
The dance4life Germany team organizes the so-called schools4life programs at German schools. These are one-day workshops that educate young people about HIV and AIDS and connect them through shared experiences in the group. In alternation with information blocks, the young people learn the specially developed, globally identical dance4life dance.
School Challenge 2011
In 2011 dance4life starts a nationwide awareness campaign against HIV and AIDS in German schools for the first time. As part of the “Heart Connection Tour”, the dance4life crew, consisting of dancers, musicians and people living with HIV, visits a total of 48 schools across Germany. After the workshop, the young people implement their own attention-grabbing action for their school in the fight against HIV and AIDS, the so-called "act4life". With a short video of their project, the students can then take part in the School Challenge 2011 competition. After participating in the workshops, the young people can apply for a live concert, which will be organized in cooperation with the TV broadcaster VIVA for the winner's school.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Dance4life uses an entertainment-education strategy, ..." (Evaluation, p. 100) ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dance4life "About us"
- ↑ dance4life International website ( Memento of the original from May 30th, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dance4life "dance4life international"
- ↑ Durex School Challenge website ( memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
