Rebuilding Communities in Lombok CircusAid - Sponsored by Fractured Atlas Invited by the Agung Siaga Community
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Rebuilding Communities in Lombok
January 3rd- March 27th, 2019
CircusAid
www.circusaid.com
Sponsored by Fractured Atlas
Invited by the Agung Siaga Community
CircusAid
WHY CIRCUSAID
MISSION STATEMENT
CircusAid is the social justice branch of Holistic Circus Therapy LLC, an
occupational therapy social enterprise that provides professional development
trainings and services that utilize circus as an educational and therapeutic tool.
CircusAid’s programs are grounded in evidence based practices developed through
occupational therapy and social circus research. CircusAid projects help people
displaced by war and natural disasters attain transferable life skills to promote
greater success in unstable physical and political environments.
PAST PROJECTS
Lesbos, 2015
- 2018 ATHENS REFUGEE CAMP (GREECE) $50,000 DONATION RECEIVED
- 2017 ATHENS REFUGEE CAMP (GREECE) $15,000 DONATION RECEIVED
- 2016 CALAIS JUNGLE (FRANCE) $10,000 DONATION RECEIVED
- 2015 LESBOS REFUGEE CAMP (GREECE) $5,000 (self-funded)
RESULTS
Since 2015, CircusAid has worked in Greece and France engaging over 3000
Afghani, Syrian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Eritrean, and Ethiopian refugees in social circus
programs. Participants have reported increased levels of happiness, motivation,
better sleep and improved connections to their communities as result of
engagement in CircusAid programs.
Athens 2017
WHY LOMBOK
As result of multiple earthquakes in Lombok the Indonesian government reported “259
recorded fatalities, 1,033 injuries, 270,168 internally displaced people, 64,534 damaged
houses and 429 damaged public facilities.”
-World Health Organization 09.08.2018
From January 3rd to March 27th, 2019 we will
collaborate with the residents of Lombok to rebuild
communities by providing CircusAid programs that
involve various forms of occupational engagements.
We are conducting needs assessments to ensure our
presence will contribute to culturally relevant, safe
and sustainable community dwellings in which we
can host CircusAid workshops as well as provide a
shared space for gatherings, storage and shelter. The
intention is to provide sustainable infrastructures by
collaborating with local community members, and
to give psychosocial support through social circus
programs.
The Agung Siaga Community, active in coordinating
the humanitarian help, has invited CircusAid to take
part in providing community support in Lombok.
See Invitation Letter.
“Major needs identified include emergency shelter, first aid and health care including
psychosocial support, water, sanitation and food assistance.”
-International Federation of Red Cross 20.09.2018
PROJECT
PHASE 1: Design. Materials. Research
A needs analysis conducted with local sources confirmed that bamboo dome
dwellings withstood all recent earthquakes within Lombok despite most other
kinds of housing being flattened for multiple tens of kilometers around. Many
local residents of Lombok prefer to rebuild dwellings with this earthquake
resistant eco friendly method.
Mentigy Bay, Lombok 2018
PHASE 2: Building with Local Residents
We will build a shared community space for CircusAid programs with local
Lombok residents that will provide them knowledge, skills, resources and
paid labor to rebuild their homes. The build phase will support Lombok
residents and their economy by sourcing local materials, employing local
labor and fabricating bamboo domes to meet community priorities of support
Larna, Corfu 2017
in building safe infra-structure and the provision of psychosocial services.
Traditional ways of building will be incorporated with ecological and
earthquake resistant dome building methods.
Larna, Corfu 2017
PROJECT
Dome Function and Specifications from PHASE 2 Dome Stats
Height 3.50 m
Function / Program Radius 3.50 m
Dome 1 Ground surface 38.50 m2
Dome 2
Dome 3
Time to build 1 dome 30 days
-material sourcing
-local labor recruitment
-metal joints fabrication
-construction
Materials (per dome)
METI School, Bangledesh 2010 Raised platform 38.50 m2
Bamboo poles 144 m
Metal joints 26 pieces
Covering 77 m2
-earth/plaster
Centre for Human Habitat and Alternative
Technology, 2016
Medana Bay Marina, Lombok 2018
PROJECT
PHASE 3
CircusAid Workshop
CircusAid provided over 1800 circus experiences to refugees living in Athens from
June-August 2018. The CircusAid dome enables a contained and safe space to run
our community building programs that promote physical and cognitive health as
well as psychosocial support. Participants in Lombok will have the opportunity to
engage in aerial, juggling, acro-balance, hula hooping, yoga, dance and Athens, 2018
performances. CircusAid programs increase self-confidence, joy and
community connection among participants.
From the voice of CircusAid participants: Thiva Refugee Camp, Athens
2018.
”Circus makes me happy.”
”It is beautiful.”
”The people that come here they love the children they take care of the children there is
love here.”
Athens, 2018
”Fun. All the things (activities) are good and funny”
” It (circus) makes me feel strong and happy”
”(In circus) I learn to play. I thought I can’t play but I can play something.
"(I feel) happy, relaxed and tonight sleep very good”
”(I) feel relaxed after circus. I want to come back every time.”
We will use the programs proven to be successful in Athens to bring psychosocial aid
to the Lombok earthquake victims. We plan to deliver daily circus workshops in
Lombok to engage all ages in activities that promote resilience and community
Athens, 2018
connection.
BUDGET DONATE
Budget for project Fractured Atlas is a 501(c)(3) non for profit arts service organization that receives
donations for the purposes of CircusAid, provides oversight to ensure that funds are used
in accordance with donation agreements and provides reports as required by the donor.
Human cost volunteer Contributions for the purposes of CircusAid are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by
Flights $2000 law. https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=15659
Accommodation $1700
Ground Transport $674 Donation Options:
Per diem $1000
Visa fees $140
- CircusAid Donation Page on Fractured Atlas. Click HERE
Budget PHASE 1
Materials $500-2000 (tbc)
- International Bank Transfers
Local labor $3150
Material transport $500 Bank name: Bank of America
Tools $100 Name on receiving account: Jill Maglio
(Holistic Circus Therapy account)
Budget PHASE 2 Originating State of the account: New Jersey
Account number: Wire transfer 381035775223
Routing number: 026009593
Two additional domes $11500
Swift Code: BOFAUS6S
Number of domes dependent on donation
- US Bank Transfers
Budget PHASE 3
Bank name: Bank of America
$1500 Name on receiving account: Jill Maglio (CircusAid account)
$1000 Originating State of the receiving account: New Jersey
$500 Account number: 381019468763
$1000 Routing number: 021200339
$500
$436
Total $27700 - PayPal info@holisticcircustherapy.com
CONTACTS
CircusAid Fractured Atlas Agung Siaga Community
Holistic Circus Therapy
Jill Maglio Theresa Hubbard Gabriel Monson
Founding Director Program Specialist, Fiscal Sponsorship Community Liason
CircusAid/Holistic Circus Therapy 248 W. 35th Street, 10th Floor New tel.: +6281353030188
Jill@holisticcircustherapy.com York, NY 10001 Gabriel.monson@gmail.com
www.circusaid.com fax: (212) 277 8025
www.holisticcircustherapy.com tel.: (888) 692 7878
support@fracturedatlas.org
www.fracturedatlas.org
CircusAid
Jill
is an occupational therapist and the founder of Holistic Circus Therapy and CircusAid.
She has over 15 years experience using circus as an educational and community
building tool and has trained nearly 1000 people internationally in the methodology she
has developed. Jill and her 15 person volunteer staff completed a three month
residency bringing circus to refugee camps in Athens, Greece in 2018 in which
participants experienced increased levels of happiness and community connection
through engagement in circus arts. Jill and her colleagues have been invited by local
community groups in Indonesia to share the same experiences with the victims of the recent
earthquakes in Lombok.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
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