The JWAS team with the executives of Laxminiya rural municipality. Photo- Credit: Chandan Jha Project introduction Janaki Womens Awareness Society (JWAS), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Nepal, has received funds from the University of Lincoln/Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) for creating a Mithila art local curriculum in the Laxminiya rural municipality of Dhanusha district, Madhesh…
See Mithila paintings created by artists and young girls in Nepal. Mithila is one of the artistic outputs of MAP’s Picturing Past, Present, and Future (PPPF) in Nepal, which aims to convey messages and raise awareness about gender inequality in Nepalese society….
See how young female participants in PPPF project explored imigongo art to portray their life stories and share their views on their future aspirations and gender equality. …
My Album is a poignant collection of artworks by children and adolescents engaged in “Mobile Arts for Peace” (MAP) clubs across multiple schools in Rwanda….
Listen to the GENPEACE song “Yang Berkurang Harus Sampai Hilang” reflecting on children’s concerns and hopes in relation to their rights….
Three participatory films were produced in collaboration with MAP school children in Rwanda and students and staff at the Kwetu film institute. …
Youth Advisory Board (YAB) Indonesia produced a short video showing the process behind the making of “YAB Indonesia Journey”, from brainstorming ideas to writing the script and preparing for production….
Youth Advisory Board (YAB) Indonesia developed a midline evaluation guidebook. The guidebook shows step-by-step how to use the tools…
Ingoma Nshya Festival is a platform that aims to promote girls’ talents, give them the power to dream, act, and reinvent themselves on their own terms; and advocate for a culture that is women-friendly. The third edition took place in Huye, on 30 December 2023 at the Gymnasium of Huye Campus….
Ingoma Nshya Festival is a platform that aims to promote girls’ talents, give them the power to dream, act, and reinvent themselves on their own terms; and advocate for a culture that is women-friendly. …
During May 2023, the Intergenerational Dialogue Project, supported by colleagues from Kathmandu University and lead YAAR Juhi Adhikari, visited Tikabhairav village and a public secondary school, just outside the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Through peer to peer training on the use of Image Theatre, students were introduced to working with ‘sculptor’ and ‘clay’ exercises as…
During the April-May 2023 inception visit, the Deuda Folklore team led by Prof Simon Dancey visited the rural municipality Mellekh, in far western Nepal, where a large scale Deuda performance was being held with over 1,500 participants from surrounding villages. Musicians and dancers led a ‘call and response’ inter action amongst the circles of performers….
On July 31 2023, the University of Lincoln core team, Tom Martin and Michelle Walsh held an ideation workshop with Kwetu Film students. Together, they carried out a Creative treatment of MAP students storyboards. This included idea generation, visual strategies, how to use metaphor and practical production planning techniques. The images show the presentation of…
On July 27 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of sessions with trainers, young people and film crew to explore the film themes, final approach and existing artworks to inform the films. MAP students pinned their existing artwork from phase one on walls and then discussed the artworks and how the forthcoming films could…
On July 26 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of exercises with trainers, young people and film crew to learn about photo sequencing and framing: both skills useful in film production. Young people learnt about how to think through ordering images in a film in relation to building a story and creating affect….
On July 25 2023, the Visualising Peace project held a series of onboarding exercises with young people interested to be part of the films. The sessions included ice-breakers, an explanation of the project aims and methodology, as well as gaining consent. Young people learnt about the project aims, asked questions and were informed about what…
On August 5 2023, the Visualising Peace project began shooting the video “Family Conflict”. This film is concerned with mental health issues and ways to address these within the family unit. Students and Kwetu film crew storyboarded and scripted the film in advance, and spent the day on location in the hills above Kigali. The…
On August 3 2023, the Visualising Peace project, held a screening and feedback session for all the actors, crew and students involved in scripting the video “Mental Health in Schools”. It was a moment to celebrate, share ideas for how to make the film more engaging and learn from each other. The images show participants…
On August 2 2023, the Visualising Peace project, began filming filming for the video “Mental Health in Schools”. MAP students as well as scripting the film also acted in it. Filming began on a quiet residential street in Kigali. The images show student actors and Kwetu film production crew on location at a residential street…
On August 1 2023, the Visualising Peace project, ran a one day production workshop to plan and undertake filming for the video “Mental Health in Schools”. MAP students cast the roles. This included a female student as the principle character (shown in the photo) performing her own story relating to mental health. Alongside her peers,…
This song tells the story of MAP’s impact in Rwanda, as reflected by Iteriteka Alexandre from Umuduri Band.It was performed during MAP Impact Week Rwanda, 17 July 2023. Song Lyrics: “Mobile Arts for Peace” by Umuduri Band, Rwanda Mobile Arts for Peace, has made change. It makes change, has made change. Mobile Arts for Peacemakes change. Mobile Arts for Peacethe…
This short film was created by School Club in Batken (Kyrgyzstan) as part of MAP Small Grant project (2022). The aim of this short film is to build a relationship between young people, their parents, and teachers, in order to motivate young individuals to pursue a quality education. In the film, the students write an…
This is a comic book explaining how children were physically abused and how they were comforted and healed through consolation. The writing and drawing shows two causes of mental health problems in children, alcoholism and domestic violence, and suggests ways of tackling the problem. It explains how children’s friendship and humanity can save many desperate…
Mbera Incuti (I am a friend) song performance by students at GS Remera Protestant, 2022. This is a children’s song performance that encourages parents and teachers to be kinder to their children, as this will help them feel better….
It shows how children can develop mental health problems as a result of parental negligence….