HAMIDA KHATRI
creative therapy platform
Behbud Primary School, Karachi, Pakistan
I express my sincere gratitude to Ms. Rehana, Founding Member of Citizen's Education Development Froundation (CEDF) Program, Karachi, Pakistan to allow me to conduct creative art workshop with Grade 1-2 students at Behbud Primary School, part of the school network Behbud Association, Karachi, Pakistan.
The objective of the workshop was to work on the creative skills of the children through puppet-making.
For more information about Behbud Association and CEDF, please follow the links:
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Behbud Primary School
The focus of the workshop was ‘Happiness’ – something that the children had witnessed in their lives or would foresee for themselves. There were three groups of students from Grade 4-8 who were simultaneously been given the task to draw what they considered ‘happy’ in their lives. The session lasted for about 2 hours.
Some warm-up exercises were initially directed to bring focus to the group and provide them a common ground in generating one’s awareness and capacity to appreciate rhythm and movement. It was to create a grounding space for them to get in touch with their artistic abilities.
Many of the students produced incredible drawings showing their homes, gardens, friends, and people most important to them. Children of such age are filled with pure innocence. I find rural societies to have more expressivity than urban population. Honesty gained from their drawings made me enter their soulful territories and perceive their sheer identities.
I am truly blessed to have been conducting such workshops in different places as it brings me closer to humanity, nature, God, and makes me foresee a quiet peaceful place.