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dance4life event
Tiësto |
"dance4life appeals to me both as a performer and as a human being. Their approach to one of the world youth's major challenges, HIV/AIDS, is very strong. They offer young people attractive ways of becoming involved in the project, rewarding them with a dance event at the end. It is this combination of serious information with dance and entertainment which motivates so many young people to move for dance4life."
Tiësto, ambassador dance4life
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Paul van Dyk |
“I take part in d4l because I think we shouldn’t forget that there are a lot of things that are wrong. Especially in Africa we have huge problems with HIV. Not only in Africa, but in Eastern Europe as well. The infections are growing. We have to make people aware that there is something out there. If they wanna do what they wanna do, they should do it safe.”
Paul van Dyk, DJ
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Schools  What dance4life does in schools!
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What dance4life does in schools!
The heart of dance4life is schools4life. Schools4life gives young people the opportunity to make a difference in their own lives and world. It teaches them the important life skills they need to protect themselves but more than this, it inspires them to go out there and actually do something about it, to become actively involved – an agent of change.
An agent of change is a young person who takes part in at least two of the first three schools4life activities.
Schools4life is made up of four parts:
 Firstly we kick off with the heart connection tour. This is where each school is visited by the dance4life tour team – which is no ordinary team, we're talking dancers, musicians, peer educators and young people living with HIV. The heart connection tour is a fun, interactive experience that educates the young people and gets them energised and excited about taking responsibility.
 Next they have the opportunity to learn how to take responsibility by taking part in skills4life. This is an in-depth programme where they learn more about HIV including: prevention, sexuality, drug abuse, and their rights. They also pick up valuable skills about negotiation (No means No), communication and decision making, which they can apply to their daily lives.
 Once they're fired up they're ready for the third part: act4life. As the name suggests this is all about taking action. Which could mean anything from becoming a volunteer, fund raising or simply spreading awareness.
 The grand finale of schools4life is the worldwide dance4life event - every two years on the Saturday before World AIDS Day - 27 November 2010! Only agents of change (who have taken part in schools4life) are invited and are given the opportunity to use their voice and feet. United by one cause and connected live via satellite, they dance together for life. They dance to inspire the world to support them and they dance to remind the world leaders of the promises they made regarding the Millennium Development Goals..
Schools4life will be running in at least 19 countries in five continents in 2008.
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