Taller de Paz

Taller de Paz is a new program in Bogotá, Colombia. They were kind enough to send us a description of their work:

Taller de Paz is a summer program that works with adolescent children of internally displaced families living in the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia. The focus of the program will be to encourage peaceful resolutions to conflict and self-expression through photography, art, and digital storytelling as empowerment tools used by the kids to explore their own environments as well as their own meanings of peace. The program will also contribute to educational development by fostering skills in reading, writing, and English studies. Each participant will complete a final cumulative project in the form of a photo portfolio or digital story that will also be captured in a blog. These projects will be exhibited both locally and globally in art galleries, at home in Colombia and in the United States, to raise awareness of the conflicts suffered in Colombia as well as to fund-raise to support the future of the program and subsidize the educational costs of our program's participants.
 
We are developing Taller de Paz as a sustainable program; it is a joint initiative between students of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and students of La Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. We are very excited that this summer will mark the launch of the program and we will appreciate any support that you can provide. We look forward to working with you in the future.

Right now, we need supporters. We need people to spread the word about the project and about the situation. We need people to read the blog and to share the link. The more people who are interested in the project, the more the kids will be empowered to make the project their own. 

Follow the link below to visit the blog!

http://tallerdepaz.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your support already, and we can't wait to show you all the beautiful work that will come from these wonderful kids. 

Sincerely,

Taller de Paz U.S. Team:
Alex Frye
Deivid Rojas
Camila Leiva
Andres Freire

tallerdepaz09@gmail.com