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- 14.03.13The second phase of 'Catch Me I'm A Butterfly' has been completed! Time absolutely flew by but we all did exactly what we set out to do! Watch the final video entry from Tope and I here and take a look at the wonderful moments we had in our photo albums. Thank you for all of your support and we'll be back with announcements about the next phase of the project!09.03.13The Meet Mutsa Danceathon took place in NYC! This brings the total raised to £2700 ($4000)! A-ma-zing! Thank you all so much for your support. You've been awesome! For footage and pictures of the events please head to our Facebook page.13.02.13Thank you to every single person who suppoted the Meet Mutsa Danceathon. Unfortunately, due to Winter Storm Nemo the NYC danceathon has been postponed until Saturday 9th March. The London event went ahead and to date £1500 has been raised!10.01.13Happy New Year! We've launched our first international fundraiser. The Meet Mutsa Danceathon is taking place in London and New York City on Saturday 9th Februrary.Please visit www.danceathon.meetmutsa.com for more information and to register to take part.21.11.12
[FUNDRAISER] The Tamsin Trial at Richmond Park, London. After learning to ride a bike just two days before, Mutsa, along with fellow 2013 volunteer Tope challenged themselves to completing a 22 mile ride. Thank you to everybody who donated and supported us!
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Meet Mutsa
- In Shona (a vernacular language of Zimbabwe), 'Mutsa' literally means to 'wake up' and at its essence, this is what Meet Mutsa is all about. We work in London, UK and Mukuni, Zambia to create awareness of the HIV pandemic, primarily in sub-saharan Africa, and generate movements towards its prevention using creative and engaging educational methods. London is home to our fundraising events. Here, our focus is on encouraging people to get up, give, do something and have fun whilst doing so! Mukuni is home to Catch Me I'm A Butterfly.Catch Me I'm A Butterfly is a creative HIV prevention peer education project. Our intention is to leave behind the feelings of hopelessness that often arise when thinking of HIV/AIDS. The statistics surrounding the pandemic are overwhelming. It's hard to picture what the 22 million people living with HIV in sub-saharan Africa actually look like...what it really means.Meet Mutsa takes a different approach. Our projects rely heavily on fusing fun, creativity and education to really get our young people to value their lives by being agents of change for themselves and those around them. So far we've delivered 'Catch Me I'm A Butterfly' in 2011 and early in 2013. The next trip will take place towards the end of this year. Please click here to keep up to date with our developments.Thank you for visiting Meet Mutsa.
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London
- The focus in London is to hold fundraising experiences to raise money and awareness of Meet Mutsa. Our quirky events place a strong emphasis on creatvivity and fun as a means of engaging with our supporters. Have a browse through our links below to look at our fundraising events so far.Meet Mutsa Danceathon: NYC/ March 2013Meet Mutsa Danceathon: LDN/ Feb 2013The End of Summer Rooftop Fayre/ Sep 2012Meet Mutsa Swap Shop/ June 2012REPEAT Meet Mutsa Facebook Takeover/ Nov 2011Meet Mutsa Retro Games Night/ July 2011Meet Mutsa Swap Shop /May 2011Meet Mutsa Stationary Drive/ Dec 2010Meet Mutsa Facebook Takeover / Nov 2010
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Mukuni
- Catch Me I'm A Butterfly is delivered in the Mukuni chiefdom, 6 miles from Maramba (Livingstone) in Zambia.Meet Mutsa first went out to Mukuni late in 2011, fifteen young people were recruited from the Mukuni Basicc and High Schools to be trained as peer educators. Outreach sessions were carried out in three neighbouring villages; Nsongewe, Ngandu and Kamwi with dramas, songs, speeches and poetry being created entirely by the peer educators.The project is delivered through The Butterfly Tree, a charity that has been working in Mukuni for the past six years. Their work is centered on developing sustainable programs which aim to deliver the basics in life; water, health, food and sanitation.Take a look at our timeline to see how things went in 2011 and click here to find out how things have gone since!
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[IMAGE] Today is World Malaria Day. One child every 60 seconds dies from malaria and it kills 600,000 people around the world. Mosquito nets work to prevent those wrteched mosquitos from infecting these children. They cost $5/$8 and you can buy one here
[VIDEO] Filmed on our last day in Livingstone as we sat on our bus headed to Lusaka so please excuse the poor lighting. A very frantic day where everything that could go wrong did! It’s a good thing that Mukuni is full of angels that worked to complete the mural after we’d left!
[IMAGE] I put together a timeline to show the day-to-day plan of my latest trip to Mukuni with Tope delivering phase two of ‘Catch Me I’m A Butterfly’.
- Messages for the Meet Mutsa Danceathoners
Please follow the link at the end of the slideshow to see all of your messages.
The second part of the day was spent working on the mural which is coming along pretty well! #Mukuni #catchmeimabutterfly
Today is Youth Day. Part of the day was spent holding workshop about teenage pregnancy with @topemed. Teenage pregnancy is a big issue in #Mukuni with girls as young as 12/13 falling pregnant quite often
- This Isn't Easy but I Love It
This project puts me through every kind of emotion in such short space of time. I can literally go from laughter to tears in a matter of minutes. Today was one of those days. I’ve actually gained 15 children. They totally have my heart.
Today @topemed and I travelled for 10hrs surprising my children who have moved schools. A very emotional and enjoyable day as @meetmutsa
Spent 10hrs on the road today travelling down from Lusaka to Livingstone making surprise visits to my students who have left Mukuni #pricelessmoments #ilovewhatido
The #meetmutsaswapshop in Lusaka today. The team behind the magic just missing the wonderful @mskkj
- I had my first radio interview ever yesterday. Yep, I was nervous and I’m pretty sure it shows! It’s just under an hour long so get that hot…or cold drink ready. And maybe a snack too Thank you to Zambian Blog Spot Radio for inviting me onto their station and a huge thank you to the lovely Mukuka Mayuka, host of Diasporan Truths and co-founder of Diasporan Darlings, for taking such good care of me and leaving me with quite a few things to think about for the future of Meet Mutsa. Enjoy!
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