Welcome
Dramatic Need is a non-profit organisation which gives professionals working in the arts the chance to make a hands-on difference to the lives of young African children.
Plenty of charities help clothe, feed and shelter underprivileged African kids.
We do something different...
Dramatic Need in action...
Children need food, medicine, shelter and education. They also need to play.
We send volunteer artists, actors and musicians to some of the most challenged communities in South Africa to help children living through terrible hardships learn artistic skills and find a creative voice. Conducting workshops in schools, teaching art, drama and music, volunteers help radically change the lives of underprivileged kids, giving them an outlet to express their emotions in a creative form, and better cope with poverty, malnutrition and disease.
Dramatic Need helps kids living through hardship to just be kids.
Thanks for visiting our website. Here you'll find all the information you need to become a volunteer for Dramatic Need. Or, if you can't spare two to eight weeks to go to South Africa to conduct artists' workshops, please donate. We are a small charity and all help is gratefully received.