Goal #1
Improve the life skills of Palestinian children and youth especially in marginalized areas and promote their spirit of creativity and expressing themselves through art and theatre.
Background: Fridge Theatre’s experiences point to the importance of improving the life skills of Palestinian children and youth through the use of drama and theatre. Fridge Theatre has also learned that improved life skills for Palestinian children and youth are the only unique and powerful tools for social change and development. In the strategic planning process, these issues emerged as paramount for our Theatre’s future effectiveness.
Objectives:
- Address and reflect the reality of the Palestinian children and youth
- Use community, education, and action circles as vehicles for improving the life skills of Palestinian children and youth.
- Provide training to practitioners, drama teachers and animators who will contribute effectively to the improvement of life skills for Palestinian children and youth.
- Seek collaborations with other organizations (Palestinian Ministry of Education, UNRWA, CBOs and NGOs) that could facilitate the implementation phases of the process.
- Sensitize the local community and main stakeholders to the importance of drama and theatre as development tools for children.
Goal #2
Enhancing the role of Palestinian theater in shedding light on social issues locally, regionally and internationally through empowering Rights holders to know about and to claim their rights.
Background: Fridge Theatre’s experiences point to the importance of empowering rights holders to know about and to claim their rights especially for people with disabilities specifically children. Fridge Theatre believes in advocating the duty bearers to fulfill their responsibility towards right holders. Also, rights holders have to participate in claim their rights from duty bearers.
Objectives:
- Duty-bearers respect, protect and fulfill the rights to quality education for all children, including free and inclusive access to schooling.
- Duty-bearers respect, protect and fulfill the rights to complete protection of all children.
- Duty-bearers respect, protect and fulfill the rights to quality psychosocial support and mental health services for all children.
- Promote children’s rights to psychosocial well-being and implement quality and relevant psychosocial support programs for Children and young people.
- Promote children’s protection rights and implement quality and relevant child protection programs for children and young people.
Goal #3
Strengthen and deepen the bonds of the Fridge Theatre network and ensure its sustainability.
Background: Fridge Theatre is committed to the growth and diversity of its associative membership and to creating a safe environment that encourages all members to challenge themselves in such a way that can be reflected positively on its work.
Objectives:
- Increase membership, achieving 15% annual growth over the next three years.
- Strengthen connections among members, and between members and staff, to better serve members’ diverse needs an increase their involvement within the local community.
- Improve the cultural and artistic competence and performance of Fridge Theatre.