In 2016 Kunst Hilft ran two successful 10 week workshops. In March 2017 we intend to begin a third session and need funds for materials and other associated costs.

THE PROJECT
An experiential art therapeutic process oriented for the population of refugee children in Berlin. A variety of art materials are provided for use in order to express diverse personal issues in a safe, trusting environment.

The workshops are directed by psychoanalyst Andrea Monroy, visual artist and psychologist in training Mariajosé Gavilán and our committed group of volunteers and translators.

Coping with everyday life in exile is difficult. These workshops aim to provide containment, relief and practical tools in order to help and accompany these children in their coping with trauma, terror and dislocation of war.

By enriching the children’s visual arts language, expanding his/her creative vocabulary we are providing an additional tool for expression beyond verbal language, and/or which will also eventually help the production of the verbal expression. Many times, children don’t have the proper mechanism or capacity to express their feelings, thoughts or ideas through verbal language, specially when confronted with a whole new different culture and language.

In these types of situations art is a less threatening means of liberation which will most likely be more attuned with his/her way of grasping the world. It often results easier for the child to identify and project himself/herself from that standpoint.

YOUR DONATION
Here's a suggestion of what your donation may be used for:

Paper - Pencils (colour & black and white) - Crayons -Scissors -Clay -Finger Paint -Brushes - Pens - Markers - Coloured card - string - glue - Transport tickets for volunteers getting to and from the shelter

We would also appreciate donations in kind, any of the above materials, or help with bureaucracy and translation. Please contact me directly - sylviemcgowan@hotmail.co.uk

THANK YOU!