khelera sikou project ("khelera sikou" in Nepalese -learning with fun)

 

Purpose:

The khelera sikou is a program that works with children and youth using the Arts and literacy to strengthen the participant’s personal voice and opens discourse for other alternative pro-social ways of reducing violence in schools and the greater communities.

 

This program is three-fold:

1)  To support the fundamental right of a child’s voice in the classroom, community and the world around them;

2)  To promote literacy through the use of story-telling, rewriting a new story and presenting stories to peers;

3)  To create a place of safety for the participant to express their feelings using art. 

 

Program:

• Collage/Feeling Journal 

• Animal or Figure 

• Story-telling 

• Closing & Reflection 

 

Outcomes:

In March 2012, khelera sikou project served 70 children.

It trained 44 teachers and reached 8 communities.

The program worked with  6 schools and 2 NGOs.  

The khelera sikou project hopes to continue this program

in the Kathmandu Valley and other remote areas outside

of the valley.  

 

Partners:

Angel School, Kirtipur

Jhemuna Club, Paton

Heart to Heart NGO

Himalayan Mountain Guides 

Metta Center, Bunapa

Moral Academy, Paton

Vishwa Shanti School, New Bonasor

Metta Center, Thecho