Public Forum: Working with Communities Through the Arts, January 2011

Many Hands International seeks to promote skills and expertise around culture based community development. In January 2011, MHI held a public forum in partnership with the State Secretariat of Culture entitled 'Working with Communities Through the Arts".

English forum program  | Download Tetun forum program)

Presentations were made by:

•     Sra Cecilia Assis, National Director of Culture. Sra Assis detailed the current and future activities of her department.
•     Meelky, Youth Participation Officer, PLAN International. Meelky spoke about PLAN's mobile music recording project with young people in Lospalos and Aileu.
•     Kim Dunphy, researcher and Director, Many Hands International. Kim presented some findings from her PhD research project about the role of arts in communities in Timor-Leste (view Kim's research presentations).
•     Gillian Howell, Asialink resident. Gillian spoke about her project making music with communities in Baucau and Lospalos. Gillian’s blog provides with information from her presentation.