Changing Behaviour, Changing Lives

This four-minute video clip tells of the impact of interactive community theatre performances, organised by PATH in Kenya to help individuals and communities examine and alter risky behaviours associated with HIV/AIDS, on one of the audience members, Nelson. PATH explains that the performances, dubbed “magnet theatre” due to their natural pulling power, are designed to get people talking about how traditional attitudes may be fueling the epidemic. Path says that subjects such as HIV and sex, once taboo, become regular topics of conversation, laying the groundwork for societal attitudes to change and for new social norms to take hold. The clip features Nelson speaking about how he became motivated to get tested for HIV and change his ways after participating in "magnet theatre."