![]() ![]() There were 98 films screened across the festival’s nine-day run, 27 features and 71 shorts among them. They travel in large numbers to the city of Xining, set in China’s mountainous central region, fringing the Tibetan Plateau, and they really do feast on the program of independent films. Fittingly, then, the event is attended by a predominantly young audience. ![]() Tsitsi’s mission is to see every youth go through ther program as a successful pathway to a dignified job, and to deliver professionally supported skills training, coaching and mentorship programmes that best prepare learners for the working world.In the end, it was always going to come down to those youngsters.Ĭhina’s FIRST International Film Festival, which has now 17 editions, prided itself on providing a platform on which the county’s next generation of filmmakers can reveal their talent. The organisation’s programs provide alternative role models who are committed as mentors and tutors to help grow and develop every individual to be able to take responsibility for their dreams through commitment, perseverance, shared learning, giving back and having fun. Theirr mission is to provide a safe space for hundreds of people, including youth (between the ages of 18-35 years) to be equipped and empowered within their community to achieve their full potential. The organisation, established in 2010 creates opportunities for holistic development through various key areas: Child, Youth, Women, Education and Skills. Tsitsi is a social entrepreneur who founded Phronesis Students Development Trust NPO, to serve the impoverished informalettlement communities in Johannesburg North. When we as an ecosystem rally around young people to remove the barriers they face, we begin to to mobilize towards Systemic equity" Shifting her focus to Community Development she spent her formative years working with various CBO's engaging with Community Police Forums and contributing to the implementation of Gang Intervention Programmes."Being a product of learning opportunities enabled by CBO's, NGO's and Public sector CSI's, I deeply appreciate and understand the power of collaboration. ![]() ![]() Enabled through CBO sponsorship, Ellen trained with The University of Cape Town Lifeskills Project and participated in a pilot programme which led to her working with The Teaching Learning and Resource Unit delivering Lifeskills Intervention Programmes in Pollsmoor Prison and Schools across the Western Cape. She brings to Harambee authentic experience of the significant role Civil Society organizations can play as intervener and disruptor of exclusive systems. She won the Arts Administrator of the Year Award from the Arts and Culture Trust in 2005.Įllen Morta is the Regional Lead for the Western Cape and manages Community Partnerships for the region. She co-edited “The South African Handbook on Arts and Culture” with Mike van Graan in 1998 was a member of the Board of the National Arts Council (NAC) from 2003/4, was re-appointed as a Ministerial appointee from 2008 - 2011 has served as the National Deputy Chair of the Performing Arts Network of South Africa (PANSA) for three years and remained in leadership position for another three years, and was the Chair of Art Moves Africa,(AMA) an international fund that funds artists traveling within Africa till 2011. This multiple award-winning NGO is a platform for social development through the medium of music and dance, reaching over 5 000 members in all nine provinces of the country. In May 2014 she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Field Band Foundation, South Africa. Nicolette (Nicky) du Plessis has been an independent arts consultant specializing in the design and management of cultural development projects, project evaluation and training since 1996. ![]()
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