Global Alliance for Africa, Therapeutic Arts Program (July 2024)
This grant for Global Alliance for Africa, Therapeutic Arts Program (GAA) helps to provide spaces where children who are routinely stigmatized can gain a sense of belonging, and it supports children’s use of the arts for self-expression, which can foster a sense of agency, resilience, and increased confidence.
IMPACT: To date, GAA has trained over 40 African Artists to provide therapeutic arts in Kenya & Tanzania and reached over 4,500 vulnerable and at-risk children.
GAA operates in Kenya and Tanzania and have also provided training in the refugee settlements and camps in the West Nile Region of Uganda for displaced people from Sudan and Congo.