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Venu Doddavarapu
Venu Doddavarapu R is a founder of ‘Theatre For Liberation’, a theatre artist, director and practitioner, believing that every individual is outstandingly creative and adept. A certified Child Mentor Trainer (UK Based). An experiential facilitator and trainer creating community enrichment and learning enabled creative spaces to have a scope for inclusivity and thriving -under the belt of life skills/21st century skills and social-emotional transformative learning. Firmly desires to connect the people and their stories across boundaries and wants to invite spaces consisting of individuals to be seen, heard, celebrate and bloom.
Training participants since 2014 consisting of low cost private and government school educators and officials across Karnataka and Telangana Indian States. Worked with university and college students, corporate, individual volunteers and vulnerable youth and young adults at a grass-root level. He has been one of the chief facilitators in training the core team of Delhi Government’s ‘Happiness Curriculum’ developers and trainers at being level facilitation and orientation design. Also one of the chief content architects of Kenya (East Africa) Government’s (Ministry of Education) ‘Competency Based Curriculum’ to emphasize the significance of developing skills and values.
A note from Nadia:
I’m so excited to share this interview with Venu! He has a profound insight into the philosophical underpinnings of facilitation, something that I feel doesn’t always get to shine when we are in workshop spaces and a bit rushed. These musings take time to blossom. In this interview he interrogates questions of empathy, fun, shame, guilt and truth, and tells the fascinating story of how he came to facilitation from the roots up. Venu has an artist’s soul and it shines through his work. He attends to detail, he pushes edges, he is always wondering how to innovate, how to find a deeper, more effective moment with a group. In contrast to episode 002, we have only known each other for two years, though our association began in 2014 when he joined Dream a Dream(.org) just after I had finished a five year series of trainings. When we met in 2018 it was as though we already knew each other! To me this is a testament to the cultural power and transferability of some of these teachings. They change us, they mark us, and they help us recognize each other! In any case, I certainly immediately recognized a friend and kindred spirit in Venu.
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By Nadia ChaneyVenu Doddavarapu
Venu Doddavarapu R is a founder of ‘Theatre For Liberation’, a theatre artist, director and practitioner, believing that every individual is outstandingly creative and adept. A certified Child Mentor Trainer (UK Based). An experiential facilitator and trainer creating community enrichment and learning enabled creative spaces to have a scope for inclusivity and thriving -under the belt of life skills/21st century skills and social-emotional transformative learning. Firmly desires to connect the people and their stories across boundaries and wants to invite spaces consisting of individuals to be seen, heard, celebrate and bloom.
Training participants since 2014 consisting of low cost private and government school educators and officials across Karnataka and Telangana Indian States. Worked with university and college students, corporate, individual volunteers and vulnerable youth and young adults at a grass-root level. He has been one of the chief facilitators in training the core team of Delhi Government’s ‘Happiness Curriculum’ developers and trainers at being level facilitation and orientation design. Also one of the chief content architects of Kenya (East Africa) Government’s (Ministry of Education) ‘Competency Based Curriculum’ to emphasize the significance of developing skills and values.
A note from Nadia:
I’m so excited to share this interview with Venu! He has a profound insight into the philosophical underpinnings of facilitation, something that I feel doesn’t always get to shine when we are in workshop spaces and a bit rushed. These musings take time to blossom. In this interview he interrogates questions of empathy, fun, shame, guilt and truth, and tells the fascinating story of how he came to facilitation from the roots up. Venu has an artist’s soul and it shines through his work. He attends to detail, he pushes edges, he is always wondering how to innovate, how to find a deeper, more effective moment with a group. In contrast to episode 002, we have only known each other for two years, though our association began in 2014 when he joined Dream a Dream(.org) just after I had finished a five year series of trainings. When we met in 2018 it was as though we already knew each other! To me this is a testament to the cultural power and transferability of some of these teachings. They change us, they mark us, and they help us recognize each other! In any case, I certainly immediately recognized a friend and kindred spirit in Venu.