Title of the project/ Program | Arts & Crafts |
Implementing institution/organization | Kopin |
Age of target group | Children of mixed age |
Innovative elements | Using arts and crafts as a medium for empowerment and building social confidence |
Why is this project considered a good practice? | Young volunteers and professionally trained pedagogics work together to facilitate this activity, helping children with a vulnerable background to regain some skills and functions that may have been lost during the experiences |
Objectives | Provide recreational activities to refugee children living in an open centre. |
Key activities | Provisions of origami and crafts sessions for children residing in one of the open centres on the island. The sessions are conducted once a week with the help of volunteers. The idea is to then continue the sessions outside the centre, involving also Maltese children. |
Duration | 1 year |
Number of engaged persons | 15 children |
For further reading or information | www.kopin.org |