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Just a quick update of what’s been going on with our projects since 'TongueTied?' back in February earlier this year! We raised around £500 at the annual event which was great, so thank you to everyone involved for making it happen!

Kate Mummery and myself eventually got to Harare, Zimbabwe at the end of April…we nearly didn’t make it due to some low flying volcanic ash! Nevertheless we arrived in time to perform a duet as part of the National Ballet night at HIFA. (Harare International Festival of the Arts) 

After this it was full steam ahead with teaching dance workshops to kids in high-density areas of Harare. We worked with dancer– McDonald Julius from Zimbabwe’s Tumbuka and Lucy Crook who joined us from Dubai. These sessions were full of energy and lots of fun learning each other’s moves!

We have now set up three small youth groups. We are creating dance pieces with each one and aim to have a sharing with all the groups in early July. The groups in Tafara and Glen View are being funded by the money raised from Tongue Tied?. The third group is in the Presbyterian Church in Harare centre which works with street kids. This is being taught by McDonald and funded by Lucy Crook.

At the same time, Kate has returned to London now and we are working on setting up communications between M.A.D. - our youth group in Hackney - and the group in Tafara, Zimbabwe. We are starting by helping the kids to write emails to each other. This will give each group a clearer understanding of each other’s lives rather than the negative views we are always shown by the media.

Zimbabwe 2010

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