Janana Summer Encounter Jul. 4th – 12th, 2011, Brummana High School
Since 2002, Janana Encounter has become a major regional forum for exchange, networking, and development of skills in working with children, youth, and communities, challenged with difficult circumstances.
Over 120 community workers, cultural activists, ngos animators, and librarians from the Arab world and pioneering experiences from around the world, come together for ten days in the idyllic grounds of Brummana High School, in the wooded mountains overlooking Beirut.
Major areas of concern:
- Integral learning
- Conflict transformation and childhood free of violence
- Forum Theatre
- Creativity Development Training
- Creative Writing
- How to make wrist puppets with children and teenagers
- The creative expression fields of: Music, Bookmaking, Puppets, Motion and Dance, Art of Collage, Art of Living, Prospect for art, Theatrical Games … etc
- Yoga and Meditation.
Janana Mobile Spring Festival 2011
AL-JANA and the Janana network invite you to participate in the Janana Mobile Spring Festival that will tour marginalized communities engaging young and old.
The festival includes the following:
Fun hands-on activities promoting conflict transformation & healthy living, songs for children, clowns & magician show, plays, A street carnival that engages people of all ages.
Children (8-14) are encouraged to express their issues in creative ways.
The Festival and street carnival will hit the following areas:
Tripoli/ Al-Mina Garden, Beirut/ Sanay’a Garden, Baa’lbeck/ Ras El Ein Garden, Saida/ Meya wa Meya Garden, Tyre/ The Public Park
A number of Lebanese and Palestinian performers, artists and musicians participate in the festival.
Among the unique characteristics of the Spring Festival is the cooperation between the libraries, organizations, and associations of civil society in addition to the coordination with schools and local municipalities.
Janana campaign aims at developing child-friendly libraries and encouraging active learning and creative expression amongst marginalized communities in Lebanon.