HAPPY half HOUR in Confinement

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020Leave a comment

At CLOWN ME IN, we got sick of being confined at home. But we didn’t to mix in with people to keep all risks as low as possible. This is why we decided to get together and play VIRTUALLY.

We came up with the HAPPY half HOUR.

It is a virtual gathering on the video chat app ZOOM where the host Sabine Choucair prepared some fun social therapy exercises that can be done from home. The ZOOM meeting was broadcasted LIVE on both Facebook and Instagram and had many participants who shared their camera view with us, and others who joined unseen from behind the screen.

We laughed, cried, jumped up and down, left and right, and turned in circles to get the blood moving again in our body. We shared many fun moments during those calls and it was well received from hundreds of people who joined and watched and participated.

Watch the live broadcasts

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

IDEAS BOX part 3

March 15, 2018Leave a comment

The IDEAS BOX project that we collaborated with INTERSOS and the Goethe Institute on has come to an end. We carried out two social therapy workshops each lasting several weeks. The first was run by Chantal and focused on storytelling and theatre which you can read about here, and the second, run by Joelle, focused on digital storytelling which you can read more about here.

During the digital storytelling workshops the kids made two mini movies whilst learning the technical aspects of film making, how to use the camera and other basic skills. Take a look at the results below:

CATCH – call for application!

February 27, 2018March 1, 2018Leave a comment

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CATCH – Creative Arts for Change

July 23, 2017February 16, 2018Leave a comment

Through creativity we can change the situation for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

61 million people are right now fleeing from war, persecution and poverty. In vulnerable situations affected by violence and uncertainty, existing power and gender structures are growing stronger. In areas of Lebanon where people who have fled from Syria now live, the situation is getting more and more acute as physical, mental and sexual violence against girls and women are constantly increasing. This is why, Clowns Without Borders Sweden together with Beirut DC and Clown Me In are starting the two-year project “Creative ArTs for CHange”.

Together, Clowns Without Borders Sweden and Clown Me In (Beirut DC) will train Syrian and Lebanese people with a background in art, culture and social work. They will be given new tools and methods to apply when leading group workshops for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. In these workshops, Syrian girls, women, boys and men, will be invited in separate groups to express themselves in a safe space, to create understanding for others and get psychosocial support through creative art forms. The project is being carried out with financial support from the Swedish development assistance via the Swedish Institute.

“We are living one of the worst and biggest crisis in the world, a project like this one would open a space for us to come together, to listen and to act. The need is big in Lebanon and around the world and we all need to act right now,” says Sabine Choucair, co-founder of Clown Me In at Beirut DC.

“Creative ArTs for CHange” starts in April 2017. The first of two 5-6 weeks’ group leadership trainings take place in August-September, and then the weekly exercises for refugees starts in October 2017.