CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN

"Developing trust"

Creativity is a human feature which allows a person to generate new inner spaces and to expand his world. It forces transformation and self-transformation so that unique, gratifying, revealing and vital moments may be lived, which work in favor of building a fuller life.

Art in all of its forms can be a powerful educational and transforming tool. Understanding the need to have a creative aspect in every educational process, Fundación Asha-Kiran organizes different creative workshops for vulnerable children in Pune, India.

Building trust is the key aspect in the workshops - a trust from which children may open up to their own sensitivity, forget their daily routine and freely express their fears or frustrations.

Less time in the streets may mean more safety, more protection, more caring. These workshops provide the necessary space for latent creative talent to emerge in children through painting, clay work, dance, plays, bodily expression and any other form of self-expression that is deemed appropriate.

Nowadays, no one in the education field questions the need for an education which will make the development of creativity possible. At the same time, creativity is sought as a way to encourage and facilitate learning.

We are all creative. We all can, we all are potentially creative - all we need is to find the space that will make this development possible.

OBJECTIVES

• To foster the development of creativity in the street children that Fundación Asha-Kiran works for, with the aim of aiding them to express, enjoy and heal themselves.
• To develop their capacity to express themselves in different ways.
• To create a space that promotes the arising and the development of self-confidence, so that the children may become assertive when making their own decisions.
• To awaken and keep imagination alive.
• To motivate children's sensitivity without impositions.
• To create a space which may promote the child's participation in the evolvement of his character, allowing him to express his fears, ideas and initiative.