Mental Health and Artistic Expression: The World of Puppet Theater: Mental Health Expressed in Puppet Theater: What Are We Against?
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- NPO Tokyo Soteria
- subsidy category
- Social Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 1st Term Social Grant
Business Overview
NPO Tokyo Soteria invited a puppet theater troupe of "Arte e Salute," a professional theater troupe of patients of Mental Health Bureau of Regional Health Union of Bologna, Emilia Romagna State, and a psychiatrist who is active in the field of community mental health in Myanmar to perform a puppet show. Mentally disabled people from Japan also participated in the performance, which featured puppetry performed by mentally disabled people from Italy and Japan combined with Myanmar's performing arts. The title of the program was "Nata Momotaro."
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, October 13, 2024
- Venues
- Puke Theater (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[NPO Tokyo Soteria]
Based on the Act on Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities, Tokyo Soteria operates group homes, community activity support centers, type A employment continuity support offices, home help stations, etc. with the aim of creating a society where people with mental disabilities can live in the community. Efforts are also being made to disseminate and educate people about mental disorders, and lectures are being held vigorously.
Various projects such as the Japan-Italy Joint Employment Support Project are carried out in cooperation with the Mental Health-Addiction Department of Bologna of the Regional Health Union of Emilia Romagna in Italy.