Young Lions Global Art Project (Art Relief International)

Art Relief International has recently launched an exciting project -- The Young Lions Global Art Project.

This project reaches out to children living in the neighborhood around our office in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Many of the children who attend are Burmese or hill tribe. Their families are extremely poor and have moved to Chiang Mai with the hopes of making more money.

After school, these children walk the streets selling strings of jasmine flowers to help support their families and put food on the table. With so much time spent trying to survive, these children have little time left to be kids.


The Impact

The Young Lions Global Art Project gives these children space and time to express themselves creatively and to be children. Each week the children are introduced to a different country and culture from around the World, learning special things about that country and partaking in a creative project inspired by it's culture. Some of the past projects have included, Tanzanian war shields, batik scarves, woven notebook covers, tie-dyed bandannas, Jackson Pollack style t-shirts, and Chinese style watercolor paintings.

Through art we have been able to reach out to the families and children in the neighborhood and build a rapport, which allows us to give the children a chance of, not only self-expression, but also to play, build friendships, and develop positive relationships between Thai and Burmese minority groups.

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