Media for Peace (78)

Theatre Production | “The Five”

01.08.2014 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/TheFive.jpg“The Five — Merry-Go-Round to Fantomia” is the title of a play by the theatre on stilts project Merula. “The Five” will premiere Saturday evening 08:00PM, August 2, 2014 at the Albanian League in Prizren, Kosovo -- don’t miss.

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‘We are about two metres tall’

02.07.2014 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/2013_08_25_KosvoStiltPerformance.jpgFollowing last year’s successful launch of the theatre on stilts project ‘Merula’ in Kosovo, the team gathers again in July to advance their skills and stage a performance on August 1 and 2, a tale that places a couple of young heroes and dreamers in exile.

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Juba Youth

20.02.2014 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures_2/Juba_YouthPic.jpgXchange Perspectives (XcP) supported Weltfilme e.V. to implement the Juba Youth project in South Sudan. XcP and Weltfilme worked with five South Sudanese film-makers to produce fictional and documentary short films on issues affecting the youth and their way of living in South Sudan.

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‘We can do it all’

07.07.2013 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/2012_11_Nepal_Felix.jpgIn 2012 XCP landed in Nepal for the first time, carrying out amazing activities, which bridged different worlds: East and West, young and old, students and teachers, the Deaf and the hearing.

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XCP to launch theatre on stilts training in Kosovo

04.07.2013 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Merula_Cover_Newsletter.jpgIn August, Xchange Perspective e.V. (XCP) launches a preliminary training in the run-up of the ‘Merula -- multilingual dialogic theatre on stilts in Kosovo’ project, which will commence in January 2014, if sufficient funding can be secured.

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Restoring hope in Kawangware

13.04.2012 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Streetchildren_00.jpgXchange Perspectives (XCP) and its thirteen partners rally to bring the issues of street children up to the surface of Kenyan society and politics. This is an initiative to bring up the voice of Kenya’s street children so that their rights are no longer ignored. It as well aims at sharing knowledge and skills with some of the many street children in Kenya.

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Kosovo: mending grievances and bridging divides

21.03.2012 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Kosovo_01.jpgOver the past two years, Xchange Perspectives (XCP) has been carrying out media for peace projects in different parts of the world. From Africa to Latin America and Europe, XCP has implemented projects and conducted trainings aiming at inducing unity in diversity in all its areas of action. Furthering its work in Europe, XCP currently explores ways to support the process of mending grievances and bridging divides in Kosovo.

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Arts, culture and peacebuilding

17.02.2012 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Art_Peace_01.jpgIn recent years, arts-based approaches to conflict transformation have gained increased attention and prominence from a range of disciplines. There is an ever increasing number of individuals and civil society organisations utilising the arts for the positive transformation of societal conflicts. Since 2005, Xchange Perspectives has been active in South Sudan, working at the nexus of arts, culture and peacebuilding.

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Club Infantil - Nicaraguan kids in action

09.11.2011 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Jinotega_Kai_01.jpgA future where we are all aware of the conditions of marginalized segments of society and their potential! For the past eighteen years, the Club Infantil in Jinotega, Nicaragua has been dedicating considerable time and effort working along the lines of this vision. An Xchange Perspectives member recently volunteered for over three month, supporting Nicaraguan kids in action.

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TV Production | Club Infantil

09.11.2011 by Dominik Lehnert

tl_files/media/Articles/Pictures/Jinotega_Kai_01.jpgA future where we are all aware of the conditions of marginalized segments of society and their potential! For the past eighteen years, the Club Infantil in Jinotega, Nicaragua has been dedicating considerable time and effort working along the lines of this vision. An Xchange Perspectives member recently volunteered for over three month, supporting Nicaraguan kids in action.

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