The Palestinian Circus School

Structure of the organizations: Staff: currently 13 paid staff members among teachers, artists, techician and administartion. Students: we have 160 students all over Palestine that train circus on a weekly basis. Bugetary resources: We are a new organization in full development, so we have not yet a fully fixed similar yearly budget. Currently our year budget is around $400.000 Sources of funding: Intrenational NGO's, local and international foundations, own income generating activities (shows, fundraising events local and international) Modalities of action: 1. Educational strategy with different structural activities: weekly circus clubs (currently 9 groups all over the West Bank), yearly open days per circus club, yearly summerschools. 2. Artistic strategy which includes on one hand the production of student and of professional circus creations and on the other hand the performances 3. Social activities where tecahing circus has only a social aim. Soicla department is still under full development. 4. Capacity Building of the staff on the artistic, technical, pedagogic and institutional level 5. Institutional development: the permanent improvement of all our management, communication, cooperation work. Throughout all our actions mentioned above, international cooperation plays a very important role. We work with local partners (local civil society organisations) for the organization of our weekly circus clubs in the different locations. We are member of the establishing committee of a new Performing Arts Network in Palestine together with 12 of the leading performing arts institutions with whom we cooperate and exchange on a regular basis.