Alwehda street
Infront of Al Sahaba Bulding
Gaza
Palestinian Territories
- Arts
Basma Society for Culture and Arts: The Basma Society for Culture and Arts - BSCA, hereafter known as BASMA was established in 1991 and was registered in 2006 at the Ministry of Interior under registration No. 7591 as a local NGO. BASMA is a Palestinian non-profit organization that aims at reinvigorating the Palestinian cultural movement through providing quality interactive arts and cultural, psychosocial support and skills development activities. It works in the field of culture and the arts and specializes in theater, drama and psychosocial support, with the aim of contributing to the development of Palestinian society by providing cultural, educational and recreational activities and psychosocial support activities to different social segments and people with disabilities within the foundation's programs and projects. Its activities are designed to target Palestinian children, youth, and women including persons with disabilities. They are courses and campaigns to defend the rights of marginalized groups and persons with disabilities, psychosocial support programs and DEAL tools, youth empowerment programs, volunteering promotion activities, youth initiatives to serve the community and training programs to build the staff capacities in the technical field of acting, directing and scriptwriting. Vision: BASMA aspires to excellence and leadership in reinforcing the principles of Palestinian civil society through participation, cultural and artistic works, and psychosocial support to reach a conscious and educated society."
Mission: BASMA seeks to contribute to the empowering of the Palestinian cultural and artistic movement, psychological and social support, and strengthen the role of the theater, as a tool to highlight, discuss and present solutions to community issues, through reaching out to all segments of society. BASMA Objectives: 1. To empower the Palestinian cultural movement and enabling citizens to access cultural and artistic activities. 2. To meet the needs of the local society, highlighting cultural, social and psychological problems. 3. To contribute to the building of a healthy civil society and promoting dialogue and cultural exchange between different segments. 4. To promote intercultural dialogue and tolerance which contributes to building a Palestinian civil society. 5. To protect children's rights and address all forms of violence against children. 6. To empower, develop, and enhance women capabilities and their position in the society. 7. To promote young people and the values of giving, volunteering and community initiatives. 8. To develop the BASMA administrative and technical capabilities which leads to high quality services, and to enhance funding opportunities to ensure the continuity of mission.
1- Program 1 / The Culture and Arts Program: The program aimed at activating the cultural and artistic movement, discovering and developing talents, introducing the importance role of art in culture, activating and developing the role of professional theater and upgrading public taste, developing concepts, integrating awareness and education with entertainment, encouraging intercultural dialogue and cultural exchange between different countries and cultures, contributing to the building of a Palestinian civil society, and promoting a culture of democracy. 2- Program 2 / The Psychosocial Support Program: This program is aimed at increasing the advocacy initiatives to the marginalized groups in society, giving them skills, socio-cultural and psychological issues and problems, and psychological and social support. 3- Program 3 / The Civil Society Program: This program aims to contribute to reducing the problems of Palestinian society, improving a culture of dialogue and tolerance and promoting sustainable practices based on community accountability to build a Palestinian civil society. 4- Program 4 / The Palestinian Youth Network Program: This program of the Palestinian Youth Network (PYN) consists of a group of teams, initiatives and youth groups active in the Gaza Strip who signed MoU and expressed their willingness to unite youth efforts and coordinate among them for joint cooperation and for sharing experiences and knowledge. These youth groups are full ready to work within the framework of the PYN in order to contribute to the achievement of its objectives, and seeks to activate the role of young people in political and community life and in the interest of the youth and marginalized groups in the Gaza Strip. BASMA areas of work, activities and experiences: The new developed tool “I-DEAL” for teaching life skills to children. The new developed tool “Big-DEAL” for teaching life skills to Adolescents. The new developed tool “Parents-DEAL” for teaching life skills to parents. Theatre training courses for children and adults. Youth Empowerment projects for promotion of volunteerism and community participation. "Mobile Theatre" and "Puppet Theatre for children". Theater for Adult and thought-provoking. A global and cultural exchange through the theater. The Advocacy Program for defending Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) through theater. Children cinema through video presentation in schools and organizations. Drama and self-dumping courses for children Animation production courses.
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