Meeting with Carrier Pigeons
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Meeting
with the Carrier Pigeons Music, Dance and Drama Group Leader, about promoting
AIDS and Malaria prevention. Victoria
met the leader of the Carrier Pigeons who reported that the CD player donated by
the UNESCO Youth Ambassador in January 2004 has proved very useful to the group
in their work with schools. Discussion topics included interactive work with
audiences during Carrier Pigeon performances. The purpose of interactive work is to assist individuals in
exploring the issues surrounding AIDS which relate to directly to their own
lives, more thoroughly. The
Leader of the Carrier Pigeons said the group were open to working on issues of
Malaria prevention
with Kabubbu Community Health Centre. The Quicken Trust have been contacted to
facilitate the establishment of this partnership, as it was their idea.
The Quicken Trust have now agreed to pay travel expenses for the Carrier
Pigeons to visit Kabubbu Community School on a termly basis to give performances
on Malaria and AIDS prevention. Glove
puppets donated by the UNESCO Youth Ambassador will be presented to the Carrier
Pigeons in the near future. |