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January 17, 2011

Idakeda team works with young people again in Ai Bonjay programme

The Idakeda youth empowerment programme Ai Bonjay Popolito the Giant come out to Play resumes again this term with students in the Port of Spain areaThe highly successful project piloted in 2009 and supported by the Ministry of Education is based on the original stories of Eintou Pearl Springer
January 10, 2011

Movement and Dance enhance the Idakeda Intervention Technique

Gender appropriate Movement and Dance will now enhance Idakedas cultural interventions with young people businesses and communities Idakeda director Dara Healy recently completed the UWI Certificate in Dance and Dance Education with a focus on local and folk movement forms
December 17, 2010

Morvant Anglican Primary excels in performance of Anansi and the Poinsetta Tree

Anansi and the Poinsetta Tree an original story by Eintou Springer turned into a one act play was presented by the Morvant Anglican Primary School on Friday December 10th10 at the National Academy for the Performing Arts NAPA
December 13, 2010

Idakeda and Bank Employees Credit Union collaborate on successful new Business and Financial Management programme for young people

Cut Yuh Style to Suit Yuh Cloth is the latest Idakeda programme using Indigenous Culture and Traditional Carnival Characters to impart messages to young people The Financial Management and Savings programme commissioned and sponsored by the Bank Employees Credit Union was recently introduced to young people in schools along the EastWest corridor to rave reviews by teachers and students alike
December 6, 2010

The Morvant Anglican Primary school presents a special Christmas production of Eintou Springers Anansi and the Poinsetta Tree

Anansi and the Poinsetta Tree is an original story by Eintou Springer now a one act play written and directed the playwright and former Port of Spain Poet Laureate The play will be presented by the Morvant Anglican Primary School on Friday December 10th 10 am at the National Academy for the Performing Arts NAPA
November 29, 2010

The Ah Payap DVD Story Idakedas contribution to Nation Building

The DVD of Ah Payap Story Fuh So The Hidden Cultures of Trinidad and Tobago was well received by everyone at the formal launch held recently at NALIS The new nation story written by Eintou Pearl Springer and told by Eintou and RaviJi was introduced by noted Trinidad and Tobago scholar Professor Brinsley Samaroo In addition to the showing of the DVD members of the audience were treated to Parang Tassa African Drums and Pichakaaree singing
November 22, 2010

Renowned scholar Professor Brinsley Samaroo to speak at launch of new DVD featuring a story of TT by Eintou Pearl Springer

The film uses the small space of Trinbago to highlight the way in which the original culture can be used to demonstrate our common heritage The portrayal goes deep into the folklore and proved that we have been creative people though never a part of the colonial heritage Now the wheel has come full circle showing the enormous harmony in our diverse heritage
November 8, 2010

New Eintou Springer nation story to be launched November 24

Ah Payap Story Fuh So The Hidden Cultures of Trinidad and Tobago is the new nation story written by Eintou Pearl Springer and told by Eintou and RaviJi The DVD of Ah Payap will be formally launched on November 24th at NALIS Port of Spain from 6pm
October 25, 2010

Eintous plays featured in new UWI regional publicaton

Freedom Morning Come and Kambule the highly acclaimed plays by Eintou Pearl Springer are featured in the latest regional publication of plays by the University of the West Indies
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