The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Czech Aid are supporting Jos Repertory Theatre’s Beautiful Camp under the auspices of the Transition Project. Transition Project is a local transformation project which aims to strengthen individuals and organisations to become better through a series of interventions ranging from interactions in gender, human rights, human dignity, governance and civil rights.
In a project that seeks to find a unifying place for democracy, rule of law and human dignity, the Jos-based theatre outfit has started the recruitment of participants in the Beautiful Camp from the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. The project is starting with the premise that there can be no human dignity without human rights and it is thus localizing the project as conceived by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Czech Aid in the Transition project utilizing various professionals who will bring their talent to bear in virtual and physical sessions in the cities of Jos, Plateau State and Abuja.
From the point of the Czech’s experience with democracy, part of their intention is to share their experiences in countries that are experiencing a transition to deepen their democratic ideals and situations. And the emphasis on human rights is the fact that human rights are at the core of open, inclusive and free societies worldwide. The thinking is that human rights are universal and indivisible both in terms of content and territorial application.
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JRT’s Beautiful Camp project is committed to coherence, credibility and openness thus further deepening the experiences of the participants in their different professions and the additional skills that they would imbibe through their interactions with the camp on the basis of equality and non-discrimination leveraging on equal political and public participation involving youths from the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.
Part of the aims of Beautiful Camp will be seeking for the common good across the most difficult divides and offering hope in challenging and difficult times and educating the youths for active citizenship and developing their ability to evaluate information critically learning to form their own views. It is interesting to note that for many young people, a lot of their widely held views are situations culled from the internet and social media. The goal of Beautiful Camp is to show how important their voice is, supporting them in articulating that voice and showing what they can do when they mobilise together.