Performing Arts Trust
Vuka Afrika!
Vuka Afrika, empowering communities through performing arts, bridging the gap between creativity and development.
About Us
Our Background
Vuka Afrika is an Entertainment and Communication Organisation working at the intersection of art, technology and human development. Vuka Afrika specializes in the production of communication for development products and facilitating the creation of spaces for social mobilization for the advancement of communities. We believe communities can and have the ability to reflect on and overcome their own challenges without prescriptions but support of their own home-grown solutions.
Our Vision
Education and Entertainment (Edutainment) at the centre of social, economic and political progress.
Our Mission
Innovation leadership in the provision of local, regional and international Edutainment products and platforms that address societal needs.
What we do
Have a look at what we do and discover our range of services tailored to meet your needs.
Theatre for Development Communication Campaigns.
We use Live Theatre, Puppetry, Forum Theatre and Road shows to engage communities to reflect on issues and topics pertinent to their own developlment and interest. We make it exciting and effortless to discuss hard topics and issues.
Trianing in Theatre for Development Approaches:
We provide traning facilitation services for anyone with an interest in engaging groups and doing so effectively using theatre based approaches such as forum theatre, Agit-pro, flash-Mobs, simple drama performances and facilitated post post performance discussions.
Arts & Development Policy Engagement :
We work to facilitate progressive conversations that lead to the development of policies promoting arts development through policy analysis and development of policy options. - We also support arts and culture organisations in the development of workplace gender, diversity and inclusion policies.
Capacity Building in Schools Arts Curriculum Delivery
We train school teachers in the effective deivery of Zimbabwe's Schools Visual & Perfroming Arts Syllabus through general and bespoke training packages.
Research Monitoring and Evaluation of Arts Projects.
We do consultancy based technical support in research, monitoring and evalution for arts based projects and initiatives. We support qualitative data collection through arts based tools and methodologies
Digital Citizenship Upskilling for Arts Sector
We provide digital upskilling of arts sector practitionors for enhanced online engagement and making the most of online Information Communication Technologies. Key areas include Digital Literacy, e-commerce, cyber/digital regulation, digital etiquette, cyber-security.
How we do it!
Have a look at what we do and discover our range of services tailored to meet your needs.
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In House Expertise
Vuka Afrika boasts of vast inhouse institutional capacity and expertise within the arts and communication sectors spanning across production, performance, project management, policy, digital technologies and the arts space, research, process facilitation and training.
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Geographically Distributed teams
Vuka Afrika works through teams distributed across all the five provinces where we have operational presence. The teams are ready to deploy and engage at a moment’s notice given that they are resident in the geographic areas where Vuka Afrika Services may be required. – Our teams speak the language and live the culture of the areas where they are deployed, because they are members of the same communities making them super ideal communication conduits.
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Associate Networks, Organisations and Individuals
Over the years Vuka Afrika has has benefitted immernsely from the support of networks providing technical and funding resources to enable the work of Vuka Afrika to thrive. Such network partners have come in the mould of of United Nations Resident organisations UNICEF, ILO and other development partners Goal Zimbabwe, The CultureFund of Zimbabwe, AWET,The Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter, Resident Foreign Missions. Vuka Afrika enjoys cordial working relations with several Government of Zimbabwe Ministries and Departments.
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