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  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • At a Glance
    • Impact
    • History
    • Board
    • Supporters
    • Staff
  • what we do
    • Why Theatre?
    • How We Work
    • International Projects
    • Performances >
      • Beyond the Mirror
      • Bhopal
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • The Mechanical
      • Cozmic Jazz
      • WERK
    • Lectures / Workshops
    • Young Audiences
    • Stilt Band
  • Where We Work
    • Map
    • Afghanistan
    • South Sudan
    • Myanmar (Burma)
    • Russia
    • Malaysia
    • Azerbaijan
    • Haiti
    • Guatemala
    • United States
    • India
    • Balkan Projects >
      • Performing Artists for Balkan Peace
    • Other Projects - Highlights
  • Media
    • Latest News
    • Blog: BST on the Road
    • Newsletters
    • Press
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Intern/Volunteer
    • Host an Event
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    • Contact Us
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Impact

Through direct work with local communities, our programs boost community resilience, address conflict resolution, and foster positive communication as a path to peace and prosperity.  Here are some of our achievements:
  • Trained 375+ Provincial Youth Leaders in 25 provinces of Afghanistan to design and implement volunteer community improvement projects, such as environmental clean-up, women's rights, and education for street children.
  • Reached 2,500 children in Myanmar in rural villages and monastery schools, through our handwashing show with partner Thukhuma Khayeethe.
  • Reached over 100,000 Afghans through voter rights performances in the led-up to the 2014 Afghan federal election.
  • Reached 75,000 refugees in 7 refugee camps with uplifting programs during the war in Kosovo.
  • Reached 1,455 people in tent camps in Haiti with our shows, and conducted workshops for over 400 women, children, and youth.
  • Created the first all-women’s theatre troupes in 4 provinces in Afghanistan, reaching 4,500 women in isolated areas.
  • Produced the first-ever US-Afghan theatre collaboration, and hosted the first Afghan theatre group to perform in the US, through our original show, Beyond the Mirror, with Exile Theatre of Kabul
  • Reached 11,000 people in slums, schools, urban centers, and villages with a show about children’s rights during our Afghan-Indian-US project. After our program at the Gandhi Smriti Center in India, the number of women enrolled in their vocational programs doubled.  
  • Brought 60 Arabs and Jews together to work side by side to create street pageants about peace during our program in Jerusalem.
  • Collaborated with more than 50 NGOs working for peace and social improvement on four continents in the last decade.
“Now I believe in myself  and that I am useful to my community.” 
​- Karimah, Afghanistan
A few of our Awards and Honors:
  • 2018 Cultural Envoys to India through the US Embassy in Kolkata.
  • 1990 MacArthur Award for our innovative cultural programming.
  • 5-Star rating on GuideStar, and earned the GuideStar Exchange Seal as a Valued Partner for our commitment to transparency.
  • 2003 Award from the Minister of Culture of Afghanistan for revitalizing the theatre arts.
  • 2010 Cultural Envoys to Myanmar through the US Embassy in Yangon.
  • 2012 Top-Rated Nonprofit Award from GreatNonprofits.
  • SNAP Award for community programming in New York City.
                                   
80% of all our funds go directly to our programs.
“I believe that the work of BST will reverberate for years to come.  It is a true expression of working from the heart together with smarts, and that is why I am proud to be a member of their Board of Directors and lifelong friend.” – Mary Dino, Board Member

Who we are

At a Glance
Impact
History

Board
Supporters
Staff


What we do

Why Theatre?
How We Work
International Projects
Performances
Lectures / Workshops
Young Audiences
Stilt Band

Where we work

Afghanistan
Myanmar (Burma)
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Haiti
Guatemala
United States
India
Balkan Projects
Other Projects - Highlights

media

Latest News
Newsletters
Press
Photo Gallery
Video Gallery

Get involved

Donate
Intern/Volunteer
Host An Event
Shop
Contact Us
Bond Street Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation and an NGO in association with the UN-DPI.
Bond Street Theatre
2 Bond Street, New York, New York
​10012, USA

info@bondst.org
(212) 254-4614