Project Description
Abofra means child in Twi (local parlance). This Abofra Art Project is a platform that offers many benefits and foremost is how the arts grow the imagination of children especially the deprived. Through imagination, children generate ideas, and ideas are the engine of today’s global economy.
We at Abofra Foundation, believe that by embracing creativity in children, they then embark on a journey create and innovate.
Project Objective
1, Fosters children’s creativity and develops their empathy.
2, Cultivate children’s imagination, reduce violence, and re-mediate suffering.
3, Bring together wonderful people from all over the world to share and learn by exchanging creative/cultural ideas with our students in Ghana to shape their future.
Qualification
No need to be a professional in drama, dancing , music, theatre, drawing, painting, poetry, etc. Just come with a passionate heart for children and love to empower them through creativity.
Time/Duration
The Abofra Art Project, is an all year project. Days are:
1, Monday, Wednesday and Friday or
2, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or
3, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Materials/Tools
Local/International volunteers for this amazing Inspired Kids Project, are required to bring along any creative tool/object ranging from drums, guitars, colour books, traditional instruments, crayons, drawing books, speakers/blue-tooth speakers for music/dance, water colour etc in short anything that will aid the volunteer to be able to impact well their skills/talent.
Volunteers can also contact our team to discuss of any other ways in which they might be more creative or innovative.
We cant wait to hear from you 🙂
