Past Workshops

Note: all community support groups listed below are run and attended by people living with HIV/Aids.  All support groups are situated in lower income / slum areas of Nairobi and other major cities or towns in Kenya.

WORKSHOPS

Date Place Event & Description Participants
29th Oct – 2nd Nov 2007 Buru-Buru, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 10 men and women from MMAAK (Movement of Men Against Aids in Kenya) GTZ & NOPE
30th June- 1st July 2007 Brussels, Belgium Live Body Mapping on Stage during the International Music Festival Couleur Café.  Aim of this workshop was to demonstrate the body mapping process and involve the audience in the creation of collective body maps that span across generations and cultures. MSF Belgium and Couleur Café
18th – 21st June2007 Buru Buru, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 10 men and women who attend the SOS Health clinic and/or the SOS Youth Support Group. GTZ & SOS Children’s Village
12th - 16th March2007 Mukuru, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 12 men and women from a community self-help group supported by Hope Worldwide International. GTZ & Hope Worldwide International

16th – 20th April 2007

 Riverside, Nairobi Body Mapping Exchange Workshop with 5 Kenyan visual artists & 5 former Body Mapping participants living with HIV/Aids.  Aim of this workshop was to explore the common experience of social marginalisation and create greater awareness among the visual artists of the reality of HIV/Aids in many people’s lives. TICAH
11th – 15th December 2006 Wilson, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 10 mothers and their children who belong to a Kicoshep-affiliated community support group. TICAH & Kicoshep

27th – 30th November 2006

Kibera, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 11 men and women from several MSF-linked community support groups, so-called Post-Test-Clubs. MSF Belgium

11th – 15th September 2006

 Kibera, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 11 men and women who act as peer educators in several community support groups in Kibera. A private donor & PETAC

August 2006

 Kibera, Nairobi Creative Therapeutic Workshop with 10 children attending MSF HIV/Aids clinic Kibera. MSF Belgium

August 2006

 Mbagathi, Nairobi Creative Therapeutic Workshop with 10 children attending MSF HIV/Aids clinic at Mbagathi hospital. MSF Belgium

17th – 21st July 2006

 Kisumu Body Mapping Workshop with 12 men and women from Kicoshep-affiliated community support groups in Kisumu TICAH & Kicoshep

18th – 21st April

 Mbagathi, Nairobi Creative Therapeutic Workshop with 8 children who attend the MSF HIV/Aids clinic in Mbagathi Hospital. MSF Belgium

TRAINING COURSES

Date Place Description Participants
28th – 30th March 2007 Riverside, Nairobi Intensive Body Mapping Training for professionals from health, social work and arts-related fields. Art2Be

6th & 7th November 2006

 Riverside, Nairobi Body Mapping Refreshment Course for Body Mapping facilitators. Art2Be

9th – 11th October 2006

 Riverside, Nairobi Intensive Body Mapping Training for professionals from health, social work and arts-related fields. Art2Be

11th – 13th July 2006

 Ngong Road, Nairobi Intensive Body Mapping Training for Counselling Graduates from United States International University Nairobi. Art2Be

August 2005

 Busia Body Mapping Workshop with 12 men and women from MSF-affiliated support groups in Busia. MSF Spain

11th – 15th July 2005

 Korogocho, Nairobi Body Mapping Workshop with 12 men and women from the Redeemed Gospel Church community support group. AHADI

EXHIBITIONS

Date Place Description Participants
8th September 2007 Soweto, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition accompanying Mobile Voluntary Testing Centre SOS Children's Village
25th August 2007 Dandora, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition accompanying Mobile Voluntary Testing Centre SOS Children's Village
23rd June 2007 Buru-Buru, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition at SOS Village Open Day SOS Children's Village
8th August 2007 Kibera, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition as part of a youth health event organised by the Ministry of Youth SOS Children's Village

8th July 2007

 Toi, Nairobi Awareness Campaign and Body Mapping Exhibition during a live-on-air Youth Radio event around various themes of reproductive health. SOS Children’s Village, GTZ and Get Connected

30th June- 1st July 2007

 Brussels, Belgium Body Mapping Exhibition as part of Couleur Café International Music and Art Festival. MSF Belgium and Couleur Café

4th November 2006

 Kibera, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition in the streets of Kibera in celebration of World Aids Day PETAC

April 2006

 Mukuru, Nairobi Awareness Campaign and Body Mapping Exhibition in the Mukuru community. GTZ & Hope Worldwide International

Dec 2005 – Jan 2006

 City, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition commemorating World Aids Day AHADI & Alliance Francaise

3rd November 2005

 Korogocho, Nairobi Awareness Campaign and Body Mapping Exhibition in the streets of Korogocho. AHADI and Redeemed Gospel Church

12th – 16th October 2005

 Industrial Area, Nairobi Body Mapping Exhibition during Art for Action Festival in commemoration of World Aids Day. AHADI and GoDown Arts Centre