Students use art and drama to teach health awareness

The pupils were exposed to education about the prevention and treatment of HIV/Aids, TB and sexually transmitted diseases. They watched plays and attended an art workshop called ‘€œPaper Prayers’€ about issues like teenage pregnancy and rape, and helped paint a mural.

The Wits students were lead by Fine Arts lecturer Professor Kim Berman. She and her students have been visiting Ha-Makuya for the past two years, where they have been working with other organisations, the South African Police Services and Tshulu Trust.

Dr Lara Allen, director of the Tshulu Trust, said that the work done at the schools was based on research that has been going on at Ha-Makuya for the past three years, which is aimed at finding ways in which art can create social change in communities.

Ndivhuwo Musetha is an OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the Vhembe health district in Limpopo.

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