Expedició Colòmbia- Equador PSF

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Payasos Sin Fronteras - Spreading Joy In A World Of Pain Published: Sunday | October 5, 2014

Think of clowns, the comical jesters with painted faces, adorned with puffed and pleated multicoloured costumes, oversized shoes, the laughing stock of the circus - but for Payasos Sin Fronteras (Clowns Without Borders) clowning is a serious business.

Since 1993, the Spain-based non-governmental organisation has been offering humour as a means of psychological support to communities that have suffered trauma. Charlie Chaplin once said, "To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!" The clowns of Payasos Sin Fronteras, like any other performing artistes, are giving a new dimension to bringing cheer and laughter to the lives of children who are susceptible and vulnerable to challenges thrown upon them by adults.

Unconventional intervention methodologies have been popular and effective and have been used for centuries across the world, and among them, laughter is always seen as the best medicine.

Love and happiness transcend boundaries - Payasos' Cristina Julia and Jordi Saban spread oodles of it when they visited Jamaica. "Neither of them can speak English," said Tortello, "but that was no barrier, they were able to engage the audiences and strike a chord.

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La Xonxa, la Xenxa i el Capità Croqueta

Espectacle per a fomentar l'alimentació i l'estil de vida saludable

SMILE JAMAICA (JAMAICA TV)

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Bala & Sabanni at st. Anns Hospital. Montego Bay. Expedició PSF, Jamaica

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/health/Comfort-through-clowning_17480079

"CLOWNS may be known for their red noses and silly jokes, but Cristina Julia and Jordi Saban have turned their gift of bringing laughter into something more meaningful for children."

Sunday Observer, Jamaica , September 21, 2014 

‘Clowns Without Borders’ Thrill Children in St. James, Jamaica.

Nearly five hundred students from early childhood institutions and primary schools in St James were thrilled by the performances of members of the internationally-acclaimed Spanish humanitarian organization, ‘Clowns without Borders’ (‘Payasos sin Fronteras’), at Sam Sharpe Teachers College, Granville, St James, on Friday, September 12.

Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education’s Region 4 office in Montego Bay, Jennifer Francis, told JIS News that the St. James leg of the visiting group’s tour initially targeted 300 children from inner city schools and communities in the city.

However, she said the Ministry decided to extend invitations to schools in rural St. James to attend the two performances delivered by members, Cristina Julià and Jordi Saban.

“In the first session we had about 20 schools and approximately 225 children (and) in the second session (there were) approximately 208 children. So all together, (there were) about 433 students (from government schools). We (also) saw (students from) an independent school (who) turned up…so altogether (there were) about 450 children here,” Mrs. Francis said.

The programme, she said, was geared towards the social and emotional uplifting of the children, some of whom were from violence-prone communities and had suffered trauma and/or grief.

Story Highlights

• The St. James leg of the visiting group’s tour initially targeted 300 children from inner city schools and communities in the city.

• Two afternoon master classes, aimed at exposing psychologists and social workers from the Child Development Agency (CDA), on how the clowns’ presentations can provide alternative grief and trauma interventions, were also conducted.

• The programme was geared towards the social and emotional uplifting of the children, some of whom were from violence-prone communities and had suffered trauma and/or grief; and also formed part of the College’s community outreach programme.

Two afternoon master classes, aimed at exposing psychologists and social workers from the Child Development Agency (CDA), on how the clowns’ presentations can provide alternative grief and trauma interventions, were also conducted. Also participating were practising guidance counsellors from the Ministry and students from the College.

Spanish lecturer at Sam Sharpe Teachers College and Spanish-Jamaican Foundation (SJF), programme co-ordinator, Malbis Aranda-Morris, said the presentations and workshops succeeded in bringing together different practitioners and methodologies, and was part of the SJF’s response to the effects of trauma experienced by children who have been exposed to violence.

Additionally, the programme formed part of the College’s community outreach programme, she stated.On Thursday, September 11, the two-member team performed for patients at the Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) paediatric ward.

http://jis.gov.jm/clowns-without-borders-thrill-children-st-james/

Expedició PSF Colombia-Equador

Continuamos las actividades en Colombia y Ecuador en colaboración con el ACNUR

Un equipo de 4 artistas de Payasos Sin Fronteras formado por Jordi Saban (Sabanni), Marcela Caraballo,  Xavier Arcos y Cristina Julià se encuentra de expedición en Colombia y Ecuador para actuar para población desplazada y refugiada por causa del conflicto existente en Colombia. La gira, realizada  íntegramente en colaboración con las oficinas de ACNUR en Bogotá y Quito, se desarrollará durante 20  días por algunas de las regiones que concentran mayor número de desplazados y refugiados. En Ecuador se  actuará en las regiones de Quito, Sucumbíos y Carchi, mientras que en Colombia las actuaciones se  realizarán en diferentes poblaciones del Departamento de Nariño. En total serán 20 días de gira, del 20 de  julio al 9 de agosto. Payasos Sin Fronteras mantiene su compromiso de trabajo para la población desplazada  y refugiada debido al conflicto armado que vive Colombia desde hace más de 50 años. Se han realizado 5  expediciones a Colombia entre 2011 y 2013. La colaboración con las diferentes oficinas del ACNUR  implicadas hacen posible esta misión de PSF que tiene por objetivo el acompañamiento emocional, a través  del humor derivado de las actuaciones de circo y payaso, a todas aquellas personas que padecen el  desplazamiento forzado