Following
a long-term observation period, Virlanie-Bacolod's team has assessed
the increasing need of the children to express themselves via
artcrafts and leisure activities: drawing, painting, cutting,
modeling, in a word, the need for CREATION. As a complement to the
educational and training program implemented at the SDC, it is indeed
necessary to focuse also on individual development, which is part of
the rehabilitation process.
For
a month now, Pastor Arthur Bailes, a local and active artist of
Bacolod City who is running CANVAS Gallery, has been proposing his
voluntary services at the SDC to hold art therapy sessions for the
benefit of every interested child. This new activity has been very
successful from the start as 30 children regularly attend the weekly
sessions.
The
objective of Pastor Arthur is to encourage the children to create and
develop ideas of their own on various topics. The first sessions have
been focusing on the family and the children were taught how to draw
their own cartoon story. Each child was able to address this topic
with his own emotions and creative abilities. The children had the
final goal of presenting their cartoons to their families on the
Family Day, to be held end of September at the SDC. In addition, our
psychology interns from the University UNO-R will use this material
to better understand the children's profiles in order to address
their issues over the psychological support program to be started in
November.
The
following sessions will be organized around the Masskara Festival,
happening in October in Bacolod City. This will be the opportunity to
set-up a workshop to make masks out of clay to be decorated with
bright and joyful colors. Afterward, Pastor Arthur will conduct mural
painting sessions, which will allow the children to bring colors to
their housing facilities right at the SDC!
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