Artistic Outputs – Nepal
Small Grant Activities
In Nepal, MAP aims to influence national curricula and youth policy through local level in-school and out-of-school clubs.
The MAP clubs will target the local level governance structures including the Municipality and Rural Municipality Child Pathways to Impact 3 Rights Committee and the Provincial Child Rights Committee, in addition to the National Youth Council and District Youth Council of the western and southern districts.
Child and youth club-led initiatives will identify and prioritize local issues alongside the promotion of intergenerational dialogue and child-to-child peer learning to share, motivate, and teach other children to develop similar practices in their respective schools and communities.
Local cultural forms such as Deuda (from the western part of the country) and Mithila Art (from the southern part of the country) alongside Lok Geet (folk songs specific to varied parts of the country) will be adapted for dialogic purposes. Deuda can be used as a cultural form to explore local issues due to its question-answer structure and inclusivity. Mithila Art has been used across generations by women and girls to explore local issues through visual arts, using locally-sourced materials to paint communal murals inside homes, entry ways and exterior walls.
Arts-based communication systems will be informed by Forum Theatre, Playback Theatre and street drama with partner organisation Mandala Theatre, alongside generating the capacity of children and youth as video makers.
Facing Heaven – Dēudā Folklore, Art & Peace in Nepal
Inception Fieldtrip May 2023 Dr ST Dancey (With contributions & Translation from Dila Dat Pant) Introduction Funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via a Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) commissioned project began this April, exploring the role...
Short Film on The Usage of Mask in Covid 19 – Janapriya Secondary School
This video is prepared by students of Janapriya secondary school, Hetauda Makwanpur. This is a short film about the use of mask to protect from covid-19 during the pandemic.
Short Film on Child Marriage – Janajyoti Secondary School Kanchanpur
Members of three Child Clubs from Janajyoti Secondary School Dhdhara, Chadani (Kanchanpur district, Nepal) created a video about child marriage. This video was produced by child club members as an advocacy tool and to create awareness.
Short Film on The Psycho Social Impact of Absenteeism in Young Children
Poverty is one of the major factor behind school drop out in Nepal. This video creates awareness about important of education to the children. This video also describe the psycho-social impact to the children if they don't enrol to the school education. The video was...
Short Film on Untouchables – Mohankanya, Bhusalda and Janapriya Secondary Schools
Members of three Child Clubs from Mohankanya, Bhulsalda, and Janapriya Secondary Schools (Palpa district, Nepal) raise awareness about the challenges of the ‘untouchables’ (low caste) in Nepal and the need to change perceptions and attitudes within society. This video...
Short Film on Worship During Menstruation – Janajyoti Secondary School
Menstruation is treated as something impure and dirty in Nepal. Girls and women are alienated during this time and face harmful social restrictions. The video seeks to create awareness about the current situation and the need to stop harmful traditional practices. The...
Drawing Workshops
Mobile Arts for Peace was implemented from April 2021 – March 2022 in Nepal with 7 school of Palpa, Kanchanur and Makwanpur districts. During the project, child club members of working school identified different issues young people face. Major issues were child...
Deuda Song on Human Trafficking – Janajyoti Secondary School
Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Nepal is growing due to extreme poverty (partly resulting from the earthquake in 2015), illiteracy, unemployment, poor law enforcement. Trafficking mainly affects girls and young women who are forced to ‘work’. Here is a...
Short Film on Menstruation – Janajyoti Secondary School
Menstruation is treated as something impure and dirty in Nepal. Girls and women are alienated during this time and face harmful social restrictions. The video seeks to create awareness about the current situation and the need to stop harmful traditional practices. The...