Creativity blossoms in India
Two years ago PYE embarked on a partnership with Bangalore-based Dream A Dream, a life skills program serving 3000 disadvantaged youth per year. On the heels of a 6-week visit from PYE senior trainer and seasoned social artist, Nadia Chaney, our partnership continues to blossom.
Dream A Dream is an award-winning charity in Bangalore India that provides critical life skills training to children from vulnerable backgrounds. Their own dream is to equip 240,000 children with essential life skills over the next five years. They chose PYE’s Creative Community Model as a key piece in their strategy to scale.
“Our new partnership with PYE has come at a critical juncture to help us achieve our vision,” says Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder and CEO Dream A Dream and Ashoka Fellow. “PYE Global’s Creative Community Model has enabled us to train our staff, build sound principles of engagement, and create a scaleable, replicable model for life skills development for our organization.”
In November and December 2011, PYE senior trainer Nadia Chaney led trainings for DAD staff and partner organisations skilling them up to lead programs based on the Creative Community Model and train others. She supported DAD staff as they led a camp for 34 youth based on the Creative Community Model. She worked with the DAD to develop an arts-based curriculum for teaching life-skills.
