Good Things are Happening

I'm still working away on my thesis during the holidays, but wanted to make sure to pass along these goodies.

1) Ivuka (means "rebirth") Arts Center in Rwanda is a small cooperative arts center establishing a new community of artists, dancers, and musicians to aid the country towards reconciliation. Read the short article in Utne, including the RwaMakondera project, a dance troupe for poor children that teaches them to tell centuries-old stories using Rwandan traditional dances. "If you look into these kids' eyes, you can see they have a lot to say, they just have no means of expressing it. Now they have music and dance."

2. Saltwater therapy for kids with cystic fibrosis with pro surfers Jamie O'Brien, Kelly Slater, and others in this article.