Thought behind the Thought
Little children performing on stage
are such a delight to watch! The way they wait for their cue, and
break out into a jig at the sound of the first notes, the way they get into the
whole act of dancing with fervor, and the way they lose themselves to the
rhythm of their own tapping feet!
As I watched the little ones dancing
away with abandon, I thought about the tranquility it had brought to my mind,
that had been trying to work out the logistics and the nitty-gritty
of work to be done during the day ahead.
The sound of their song and their
little feet dancing to it surely changed my mood, and elevated my mind to a
happier place. Yet some kids are not so fortunate and have turbulent lives....can dance become their hope?
Can dance become
a channel to move on to a better life? Rebecca Davis and her dance company are
doing just that in Rwanda. Homeless children, victims of genocide, have a means
to better their lives through dance.
RDDC is an
international NGO that runs dance and educational programs for street children
and underserved youth in post-conflict and developing countries. Using a
three-part model, RDDC prepares street children to re-integrate and succeed in
the formal education system while gaining valuable job skills through
vocational training.
In Phase I,
street children improve 11 cognitive skills through a standardized dance
curriculum. In Phase II, children acquire job skills through vocational
training (IT or English Language). In Phase III, top performing students are
sponsored to attend local boarding schools – thereby exiting life on the street
and giving youth the power to advance their own lives.
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