HEALING THROUGH ART

Creative arts like drawing, painting and other art forms are used as intervention for victims of trauma and disaster where they can receive mental healing through art engagement. Art gives survivor a voice and face where silence is self imposed or imposed by environmental factors. Kunle Adewale, Mandela Washington Fellow also the (CEO/Creative Director) Tender Arts Nigeria will be facilitating Therapeutic arts for survivors of Boko haram (The Internally displaced Persons in Nigeria) in collaboration with ICEHA, Virginia, U.S.A. Healing Through Art aim to provide a safe holding environment, creative platform for survivor to tell their trauma narratives, and reduce experience of symptomology including an opportunity to regain emotional control and reduce stress‪#‎HealingThroughArt‬ ‪#‎ArtForPostTraumaticDisorder‬‪#‎InspiringACultureOfPeaceAndHopeForHumanity‬‪#‎PostDisasterTherapeuticArts‬