Clowns Without Borders - USA

CBS19 features Tim Cunningham, CWB Board President and volunteer.
http://www.newsplex.com/video?clipID=4979017&autoStart=true&contentID=99357079

Please view this short documentary to learn more about Plan International’s work and our collaborations with the organization in Haiti.

The BBC highlights several articles featuring Haiti and the aftermath of the January 12 earthquakes now 6 months ago.

Bryan McKenzie interviewed Tim Cunningham early this summer about his work as a nurse at UVA and his dedication to CWB. The article was published in the Charlottesville Daily Progress July 11, 2010.

Our goal is to $20,000 by August 1st so we can keep our administrative support, and keep CWB running, growing, and sharing laughter with those who need it in crisis areas worldwide. Please support CWB USA in making this campaign a successful endeavor.

On June 9th and 10th 2010, half of the proceeds of a production of Moliere’s classic “The Hyponchondriac” benefited Clowns Without Borders.

Following the aftermath of the earthquakes of January 12, 2010, Clowns Without Borders international was approached by many organizations working on relief efforts in Haiti. Payasos Sin Fronteras (CWB-Spain) and Clowns San Frontieres (CWB-Canada) immediately sent groups to Haiti in mid-February. In March CWB USA in collaboration with PSF, Plan International, Handicap International and SOS Villages, sent two teams of artists to the work with children and adults whose lives have been devastated by the earthquakes.

In 2010 we were planning four projects in Haiti. These projects would have focused on performances for large and small audiences, workshops for street children in and around Port Au Prince, peer educators who go into their own communities to bring awareness to HIV and AIDS and local performing artists with hopes for empowering Haitians through physical theatre, clown and social circus. After the earthquakes that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, our focus shifted. We are now working with our international partners and local NGOs working in Haiti to bring small moments of relief to those affected by the trauma of the earthquakes.

Gwen and Elisa return to Cairo for their fifth project. This time joined by Nate Dixon and three local artists, Maysara, Nora and Jakob who perform with the Cairo based group: El Khayal El Sha’bi, which means, The Folkloric Imagination.

We are working on plans to respond to the recent earthquake in Chile that occurred on Saturday February 27, 2010. In November 2009 CWB USA worked with Chilean artists in Colombia. We will now be looking for ways to support local Chilean artists along with other international artists in an effort to bring laughter and [...]