What is Kwanda?… National television that communicates a powerful social message A major community development project that impacts on hundreds of thousands of lives A tool for the television audience to participate in a network or community of people changing and improving their communities

Kwanda partners GovernmentDept of Social Development, Dept of Health, SALGA, 6 municipalities and CWP Professional expertise Crew of Development professionals and training professionals, many drawn from Soul City Training Partners, media professionals, and other specialists Community Social capital Networks of institutions within each community, formal and informal, churches, schools, CBOs… Participants Teams of community members working together to make a difference, initially 50 from each community which will grow over the next six months to around 1,000 people in each community Sponsors and Media MTN, BP, DfID, CDC, PEPFAR, and SABC1 to create engaging television and contribute to empowering citizens to improve their lives

Kwanda objectives Project Objective Increase social capital to enable communities to address their own challenges, and engage with government structures more effectively Project Message ‘Working together we can transform our communities’ Television Objective Inspire audience to take action in their communities Network Objective Connect active audience to resources that can help them and to those who they can help

Challenges thatKwanda teams addressed Economic Development Creating enterprises - sewing, baking, farms, establishing community work programmes in each community; Kwanda Klothing Fashion show Social Development Support for OVCs - creating feeding schemes, getting families registered for grants, getting children to school - addressing HIV prevention, especially multiple concurrent partnerships, addressing alcohol abuse and alcohol related violence Building social capacity Strengthening relationships with municipalities, businesses, local NGOs, faith- based and community-based organisations

Working withLocal and provincial structures Working with Councillors Ward Councillors were involved in initial recruitment of teams Economic and Social Development Teams have worked with social workers, community and economic development workers, municipal managers, SAPS and CPFs, Schools and SGBs Community Work Programme Community Work Programmes being implemented in each site with municipal support

Kwanda’s Reach 500 participants 200,000 members of host communities benefit 500,000 people communicate with Kwanda via sms, letters, print, online 2,000,000 viewers and listeners each week

Locations MpumalangaTjakastat Eastern CapePefferville LimpopoLephephane North WestMeriting Kwa-Zulu Natal Mthwalume Free StateKoppies

Three of the twelve churches in Church Street Koppies

What happened in Rustenburg? OW learning process Mass training method that enables participants to organise themselves Experiential learning Activity based learning, engaging participants in issues affecting their communities: HIV and Aids, OVCs, Alcohol abuse and poverty

What the Kwanda teams do? Prevent new HIV infections Organise HIV testing in their community. Support One Love Campaign. Launch PMTCT campaign Support vulnerable children Drive SNOC agenda - transform the local school into a place that not only educates but also helps protect vulnerable children - plant a food garden and create a feeding scheme to make sure every child in their community is eating properly Improve incomes Create new sewing, agriculture and building enterprises Address violence and alcohol abuse Build capacity to act against unsafe drinking and violence, ensure alcohol-free schools and safe places for children, Ensure shebeens and taverns stick to their licensing conditions and improve safety in and around taverns.

Episode 12 Kwanda Week …

Episode 12 Episode 12 initiates the Kwanda Week. Presented from the LIVE show (Ep13) site as it is being assembled, and the stage is being built. We invite viewers to vote for their favourite community. We take a look at the series and the community and end each community profile with in an update – what has happened since we last saw them? We throw forward to next week’s LIVE show

Episode 13 The final programme…

Episode 13 Live

Episode 13 We have brought the original teams together for a live spectacular…

Episode 13 We see what the audience response across the country has been…

Episode 13 And the audience votes on which team they feel has made the greatest impact…

Episode 13 … and we award prizes recognising the individuals and teams that have made the greatest impact on their communities… And finally…

Episode 13.. The Kwanda Award

How can the audience participate?

Watch the series Be inspired by others like ourselves changing their worlds through working together Respond Comment via sms Act … and then tell us via sms or what you have done. We might come and film your work and you could be invited to take part Participate in the network Contact kwanda via sms and get access to information, and to other people and organisations that could help you in your work

Activist contacts organisations directly Contacts Directory Available Services Database NGOs Gov agencies Local organisations Other activists ‘Activist’ Kwanda provides contact info to activist Activist Contacts Kwanda

What now? Media Launch/briefing August 25th Teasers on air First Episode Tomorrow! Wednesday Sept 2 nd 9.00 pm Kwanda Week Nov 18 to 25th

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