CAMKID

The founding members of Community Association for Mobilising Knowledge in Development (CAMKID) had started theatre teams in March 2004, in cooperation with the Rural Development in Mountainous Areas Program (GoL/GTZ) or RDMA program and the Lao Youth Union, with the support of a theatre skills expert from the GTZ in terms of amphetamines, reproductive health and promotion of women’s attendances in non-formal evening classes in village schools.

We took the name CAMID (Community Arts and Media In Development) team in 2005 and undertook an additional project focused on local knowledge and its potential for income generation, with support from the Canada Fund in Phouviengsai Zone, Pha-oudom District. This was the beginning of the members formalising themselves as an independent organisation. In August 2006, they changed their name to reflect the new focus in their work on local knowledge to CAMKID.

CAMKID then became a sub-association of the Rural Research Development Training Centre (RRDTC) or RRDPA in present time in order to build their capacity. They signed a memorandum of agreement with RRDTC on 9 November 2006. This agreement continues up until the present, during which time CAMKID has implemented projects with the support of the Schmitz Foundation and the German Development Service (2006 to 6/2008) and Oxfam Novib (7/2008 to 6/2012).