Support comedy fundraiser show to help rural communities

COMEDIANS Jem Atkins and Mo Vawda will keep you in stitches at a fundraising event at Butlers Restaurant in Hillcrest this Saturday, 10 March.

The event aims to raise funds for Shap Shap Cinemas, a non-profit company, created to address the educational needs of rural communities across KwaZulu-Natal with a future plan of expanding throughout the other provinces of South Africa.

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Shap Shap Cinemas’ primary goal is to educate and uplift these underserved communities by creating educational content in isiZulu that best covers the topics that people living in these areas are interested in learning about.

The tutorials cover a wide assortment of topics ranging from informative ‘self-help’ type lessons on career options, Grade 11 and Matric based subject tutoring, CV and interview preparation and cooking demonstrations; to clips that cover personal health and lifestyle related education, such as how to prevent or how to live with HIV and Aids, water and personal hygiene (Sanitation) awareness, TB awareness and how to overcome it, UIF application, sex education, antenatal classes and more.

Shap Shap Cinemas sets up ‘movie houses’ at creches, schools, clinics, town halls and Gogo’s groups to show the material that they create.

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The event in Hillcrest will help raise funds for its rural heath days which they run in KwaNyuswa. Snap Snap Cinema is also assisted by Hillcrest Aids Center Trust and the Kloof Clinic. Free health education, diet education (sharing information on high protein meat free and nutrient dense food sources) and testing (HIV, TB, blood sugar etc) are provided to communities in the 1000 Hills Valley at these outreach events.

There will also be the superb signing from Carmen Rodriguez and plenty of prizes to be won.

Tickets are R250 each. Booking is essential. Contact Bianca at Team Shap Shap on 073 290 9816.

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