Arts & Crafts

Title of the project/ ProgramArts & Crafts
Implementing institution/organizationKopin
Age of target groupChildren of mixed age
Innovative elementsUsing 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
ObjectivesProvide recreational activities to refugee children living in an open centre.
Key activitiesProvisions 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.
Duration1 year
Number of engaged persons15 children
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