Title: Review of effectiveness of the theatre based interventions in Lebanon Presenter: Nada Naja

1. @ Title: Review of effectiveness of the theatre based interventions in Lebanon Presenter: Nada Naja Date: 22 July, 2014

2. Theatre in education

3. TBPE • What is it all about? • How effective is it?

4. TBPE: What is it all about?

5. TBPE: How effective is it? • In schools & communities • Effectiveness: • Operation research in education sector • Impact of TBPE at community level

6. EDUCATION SECTOR • Open a space to discuss important sensitive/ taboo issues that are relevant to the YP daily lives • Reach YP • Raise awareness • Create “fun” • Interaction of teachers and students

7. Impact of TBPE on YP performers • Improved communication skills • Increased assertiveness • Decreased shyness • Increased acting skills • Increased self-confidence; believe more in themselves • Increased tolerance and compassion • Increased personal resilience • Increased knowledge, more positive attitudes on health related and life skills related issues • Becoming a resource person and/or a resource team • Having more quality friends and thus improving their social support system • Supporting other people in the community and at school • Feeling included • Learning by doing and not just by knowing/watching • Decreased risky behavior • Increased health at the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual levels

8. Variations of benefits …some details

9. Students Performers Vs Watchers Student performers Student watchers Gained knowledge Higher level of frustration Disappointment Were not listened to well enough during the performance Perception that performers learnt much more than them • Gained communication skills • Betterexpression of ideas • Gained a ‘voice’ • Retained more information • Got more engaged students watchers generally learned knowledge & went back to their reality as soon as the play was over

10. Enhancing benefits and minimizing harm …some more details

11. Recommendations • Upgrade TBPE holistically & comprehensively • Ensure beneficence – the DO NO HARM principle • Maximize impact • Ensure continuity

12. Recommendations • Implementing the vision of TBPE – the role of the school in community building

13. Impact at community level How statistically significant was the change in answers?

14. Protection against HIV - Percent distribution of number of correct answers across the pre/post tests* *P value <0.05 (Significant difference at 0.05 significance level)

15. HIV transmission mode - Percent distribution of correct answers across pre and post tests *P value <0.05 (Significant difference at 0.05 significance level)

16. VCT clinics - Percent distribution of correct answers across pre and post tests *P value <0.05 (Significant difference at 0.05 significance level)

17. Dealing with people living with HIV - Percent distribution of correct answer across the pre and post tests * *P value <0.05 (Significant difference at 0.05 significance level)

18. As a conclusion

19. Thank you…Let them have fun 