Countries

In this part you will find information about the countries which actively participate.

Dance4Life Schools Tour UK

For the first time in the UK, Dance4Life toured schools across the UK giving 90 minute interactive workshops. The workshop used drumming, music, video and dance to inform students about the HIV and AIDS pandemic and more importantly what they can do to help tackle it. On the tour, two young people from Zambia and Uganda joined the team, to talk about HIV and AIDS in their countries. A further two members of the Tour Teams were people living with HIV in the UK.

Dance4Life UK has 30 schools who signed up to take part. They started on 30 October in far flung Torquay! Visiting an average of two schools each day the tour team worked hard to reach out to as many young people as they could; an estimated 8,000 young people in total.

Reactions to the Schools Projects so far:

“Everyone who took part was buzzing from the Dance 4 Life session. I think they all really enjoyed the 'hands-on' nature of Dance4Life - it's an excellent way of putting the message across in a more entertaining way. It was a fantastic opportunity for the year 12's, and we are hoping that they will be able to pass the message down to other year groups through assemblies and the like…I know the students gained so much from the experience and as a school we feel honoured to be a part of such a huge and worthwhile movement.” Naomi, Newport, Wales

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of everyone that was involved on Monday as it was simply an amazing experience. The team were brilliant and were an absolute asset to the Dance4Life organisation. The dancing was great and everbody thoroughlly enjoyed it.” Leonie, Head of school team, Torquay.

“There is a real buzz in school and the kids involved are full of it.”
Gillean, organising teacher, Birmingham.

On the tour Dance4Life UK has:

SPW representative - Caroline Kippen is SPW’s Global Education Coordinator and is taking up the role of tour manager.
RedZebra – four dance facilitators from RedZebra will travel with us on parts of the tour – all experienced dance facilitators they are going to motivate the young people to take part in the workshops and feel united together and with other young people across the country.
Dingase Mvula & Richard Wanzala – visiting the UK from Zambia and Uganda, Dingase and Richard will be fresh off the Student Stop AIDS Speaker tour.
Dingase is a trained peer educator and counsellor actively engaged in peer education initiatives to raise awareness about HIV through school, as a volunteer with the YMCA, as a qualified teacher and volunteering full time on SPW Zambia’s 11 month programme.
Richard became personally involved with the fight to stop AIDS when his uncle died from an AIDS related illness in 1994. A graduate from Makerere University he went on to volunteer as a peer educator for SPW Uganda. He is currently working in support of SPW Uganda’s programme and is studying part time, researching gender issues through the Centre for Basic Research.
Ian Sperring & Tommy Prowse
Dance4Life UK is thrilled to introduce their newest members of the team. Both Ian and Tommy are HIV+ and are coming to talk about their personal experience of living with HIV in the UK. They are hoping to get young people to address stigma and discrimination in their communities. Ian is a member of the Terrance Higgins Trust Speakers Bureau and Tommy is a director for Health Initiatives’ new London drop in centre.

If you would be interested in coming to a workshop near you and seeing everything unfold then email Dance4Life UK for an itinerary of the tour.