Community Theater in Kiryat Gat Social Center and the surrounding area
Enosh - The Israeli Mental Health Association
Field: Disabilities and Health
Requested sum: $20,061 | 33% of total budget
Second year | Location: Kiryat Gat
// About the Organization
Established in 1978, Enosh - The Israeli Mental Health Association, promotes the welfare, recovery, social inclusion, and rights of people with psychosocial disabilities and their families.
// Project Description
The program provides a community theater framework for people with psychosocial disabilities in order to enhance their self-confidence, social skills, and feeling of belonging. Participants will acquire theatrical tools, engage in creating an original play and perform in front of the local community by sharing personal stories. A new group (ages 18-35) will open with courses tailored according to age. The program combines learning, creating and being socially active by promoting inclusion and reducing negative stereotypes.
// Project Goals
The purpose of the project is to help Enosh beneficiaries develop personal abilities such as confidence, communication skills, public speaking, creativity and a feeling of empowerment as well as develop their theatrical skills. Other goals of the project include creating a communal project, helping expand the participants' social circles while providing tools to rehabilitate. Exposing them to arts and cultures and in addition, forming a new theater group for young participants (18-35).
// Target Population
The target population is made up of twenty participants from two separate groups: a multi-age group (18-65) and a younger group (18-35). People affected by the program: participants dealing with psychosocial disabilities who are eligible to receive the Welfare’s rehabilitation support package, and who receive services at Enosh's social center in Kiryat Gat. Indirect impact includes families, the professional team and the local community.