Update: "the art of respect"

One and a half week to go! 2 october we will have the start of the project "the art of respect" in Vila Dias Belo Horizonte.

Preparations

The preparations are going well! I'm busy to make a powerpoint presentation, to make the explanation of the project clear and visual. And making process in this preparation, my enthusiasm is also growing. Hope this works contagious to the children!

The subject respect/teamwork is going to be teached is a relaxed way. We are going to play a game with the kids. The basic we use is of the game we know as "game of the goose". But for now added with questions, who needs to be answered per team before they can make a move forward. We also do steps like "you worked well together as a team" you can make 5 steps forward. To make it for every age understandable.

Encouraging 

Also in Holland a lot of work is been done! Wooden pallets has been transformed to cool items for the house, magazine standards, wooden hearts with text, shutters for the window etc. My sister, the creative brain behind this action, decided that all the money she will receive with selling these items will go to our project. People also want to give money personal. It's so cool to see!

At this moment we have 486,00 euros together

First purchases

The wood is bought! Together with a colleague i went to a nearby wood shop. And it turned out to be cheaper than expected. The wood that would be perfect for outside, we could buy in the size 2,75 x 1,22. So we would need 2 of them to have the 4 wooden plates of 1x1 mtr that we would like to have. We decided to divide the wood in three plates, so we have now 6 plates, through which we can involve more children to make art! The expectation was that we had to wait at least 3 weeks before our order would be ready. Guess what? The next day we could already pass by and pick up the wood!

This will give us time to paint all the wood first with the primer. And to sandpaper the wood that we need for the finishing touch around the work of arts. On the planning is also to buy the paint.

I am so happy about how everything is going. That a dream from a while ago, actually is going to happen now. A dream that began with a thought, a thought that i shared with my colleague. From sharing this more ideas came. And this ideas together became "the art of respect". And in following everything is becoming more and more concrete, and even more people are excited about it! Dreaming is fun! But seeing a dream come true is awesome!

About the picture above: On the places you see the girls, we will have the art works on the wall at the end of october!