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11th November 2020 Dear Dramatic Need community, followers and supporters, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to tell you that, effective from 31st December this year, the Dramatic Need board of trustees has decided to close the charity permanently. By its very nature, the financial security of a non-profit entity such as Dramatic Need is always precarious. The world is politically and economically a different place from what it was when Dramatic Need was founded in

We are pleased to share with you our Womxn Mural which was completed last week in Rammulotsi which marked the end of Women's Month here in South Africa. It has become increasingly difficult to ‘celebrate‘ Women’s Month here in South Africa as it has become a reminder of the increasing and ongoing violence inflicted against women and children in this country. South African women, trans and non-binary individuals continue to experience and fight against gender inequality, femi

Here in South Africa we are now on level 2 of our nationwide lockdown. It has been a long and challenging five months since we first entered lockdown in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as we move into September, spring is in the air and we carry with us a new resilience, ready to adapt to our ‘new normal’. With Covid-19 present, and still very much on the rise, here it has become part of our everyday. Although we are still being extremely cautious and careful, after

Today on the 11th of October we celebrate International Day of the Girl Child. Meet Malehlohonolo, Itumeleng, Precious, Mampho, Karabo, Moleboheng, Mantwa and Moleboheng who attend our daily afternoon programme at Dramatic Need in Rammulotsi. Here we aim to support these girls to make strong life choices and to talk more openly about their experiences and challenges that they are faced with daily. International day of the girl child, reminds us that these girls are “powerful

During the third term school break we had visiting artists and printmakers Bevan de Wet and Sara-Aimee Verity come and join us in Rammulotsi for a 2 day printmaking workshop. The spring winds had finally arrived in the Free State keeping us indoors but that did not affect our eager students from attending their first printmaking class! On day 1 we learnt all about Transfer Monotypes - a simple print technique using a plate, water based ink, paper and drawing materials. A plat