1. Major Activities
1. Training of any identified group in Forum Thea-
tre
2. Carrying out Forum Theatre plays on topical
issues, e.g. gender based violence, corruption and
elections.
3. Facilitating recorded radio plays.
CEFoRD Community Empowerment For Rehabilita-
tion and Development (CEFoRD) is a non governmental
and non profit making youth organization that was es-
tablished as a drama group in 2005 with a group of 20
youths under the support of Yei community resource
OBJECTIVES
To create a network of civic forum of artists as a
way of working together for better performances.
To promote unity, equality with gender sensitiv-
ity, justice and everlasting peace among the com-
munity.
To create awareness about corruption, gender
based violence, promote Democracy and good gov-
ernance.
3. Facilitating recorded radio plays.
4. Conducting live radio talk shows on topical is-
sues.
5. Producing films on topical issues.
6. Peer education strategy.
7. Providing consultation in participatory drama
methodology.
8. Conducting participatory media activities with
children and youth
9. Empowering communities on Participatory gov-
ernance and accountability
CEFORD has rich experience in participatory methods
youths under the support of Yei community resource
centre till its transformation into a civil society organiza-
tion in 2008. By 2012 April CEFoRD was registered as a
national NGO. The organization mainly carries its
awareness through participatory methods such as Fo-
rum theatre plays, Music and dance, board games etc.
Over the past years CEFoRD developed rapidly from
employing three full time staffs to 7 full time staffs. With
its participatory approach in implementing programs,
CEFoRD' impact on the ground is highly positive and
visible more specially in the communities that CEFoRD
operates in greater Yei (Lainya, Morobo and Yei)
Vision
empowered, united and peace-
ful community
Pioneers of CEFoRD
Community Empowerment for Rehabilitation & Development.
[CEFoRD] South Sudan,
ernance.
Promote social understanding among youths
through creation of theatre which gives them an
opportunity to share their own experience.
To build the capacities of organized drama
groups and local artists through networking meet-
ings and trainings to increase awareness to the
grass root level
.
To empower Children and enable them to claim
for their rights
CEFORD has rich experience in participatory methods
which reduce the sensitivity of an issue
and allows interaction, reflection and experience sharing.
The methodology is involving. These
methods include but are not limited to Forum theatre/
participatory drama, live public debate on
radio, interactive radio drama and puppetry. In some
cases, CEFoRD uses local artists to
produce songs on topi-
cal issues and these
songs are used to fa-
cilitate the pro-
grammes of
CEFoRD especially
for mobilizing people
for drama show and
educating people on
radio.
CEFoRD also has a
ful community
Mission Statement
CEFoRD is committed to rais-
ing the awareness of the com-
munities through Forum thea-
tre and other artistic method-
ologies in order to make people come up with so-
lutions to their own problems and under take
transformation.
Community Empowerment for Rehabilitation & Development.
[CEFoRD] South Sudan,
Yei River County Central Equatoria State.
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Tell: +211(0)-955-025-568, +211955030776
E-mail: cefordforumtheatre@ymail.com
ceford2005@gmail.com
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CEFoRD also has a
participatory video programs for Children and its mainly
aimed at raising
awareness on the rights of the Children.
Participatory approach to implementing programs is
highly magnificent because it gives a wider room for free
participation by the participants. participants would be
able to freely express them self without fear or reservation
while participating.
In our experience in working with children over the past
three years, we found it interesting to use advanced media
for implementing our projects ( participatory media. We
believed that when Children are empowered, they would be
able to express themselves freely with full of confidence
and courage.

2. Number of Projects Imple-
mented
Project Yrs Project Name Duration Funding Org
2008 Building local 5 Months MS Sudan
Forum theatre as an approach
for solving problems
In Forum Theatre you
make plays about
problems that are well
know to the audience.
The actors show a
small play and then
they break to involve
the audience in finding
solutions of the
problems shown in the
Organization credibility:
CEFORD has a functional board of Directors; chairman (1), vice
chairman (1), secretary
who is the head of the management staff (1), treasurer (1) and
executive members (3). The
Board supervises the work of the programme staff and checks
financial utilization
(accountability). The organization has legal policies that gov-
ern its operation such as
A woman speaking in our awareness on Participa-
tory governance and accountability
2009 Child right pro-
motion and pro-
22 mons War
Child.H
2010 Conflict resolu-
tion
3 Mons GTZ
2010 Civic Engage-
ment Democracy
13 Mons MS Sudan
2011-12 Child Led Initia-
tive
Ongoing War
Child.H
2011-12 HIV/AIDs 1 year fhi360
2012 Participatory
Governance &
accountability
Ongoing OSIEA
problems shown in the
play. In this way, the
stage becomes a
democratic forum in
which people meet and discuss the problems they are fac-
ing. The idea is to inspire the
people the audience to speak up and try out new ways
to solve their problems.
Anything can happen in Forum Theatre and there are no
right or wrong answers. The
idea is to encourage active participation, enhance dialogue
and discussion and give
people a chance to change things happening in their own
lives. Forum Theatre creates
(accountability). The organization has legal policies that gov-
ern its operation such as
constitution, Human resource and Finance policies and asset
policies. There is a high level of
transparency among the staff and spirit of team work. The
programme staff also received
financial and project implementation skills trainings from
other stake holders like MS Sudan,
International AIDS Alliance, Mercy Corps, War Child Hol-
land , CIDA, OSIEA and IPCS and this knowledge helped in the
projects.
Besides, the organization has 15 (fifteen volunteers) who work
closely with the full time
programme staff in ensuring effective implementation of the
projects. They are talented in
participatory drama and always active in carrying out activi-
ties.
Scope of Operation In South Sudan
CEFoRD currently works in three Counties of Central
Equatorial state Sudan. In the three counties of Morobo,
Lainya and Yei CEFoRD is implementing the project of
participatory governance and accountability (A project
funded by OSIEA. The project is expected to run for two
years with possibility of extension. While in the three
payams of Yei River county, CEFoRD is implementing a
project called Child Led Initiative (Raising awareness on
the Rights of the Children. The project is funded by War
accountability
lives. Forum Theatre creates
a possibility for change and development in a society.
Ideal as tool for live skill approach in war affected regions
the Rights of the Children. The project is funded by War
Child Holland.
As a National NGO CEFoRD will very soon be expand-
possibilities of starting with Eastern Equatoria then oth-
ers follow
Tell: +211(0)-955-025-568, +211955030776
E-mail:cefordforumtheatre@ymail.com, ceford2005@gmail.com
© CEFoRD 2012
Second Edition
Edited By Butrus A. Joseph