By Cherrelle & Francis | Founders of ChezaCheza
A warm hello from the ChezaCheza team!
We have started our dance classes again, together with a special feeding program. Your generous donation has made it possible to provide dance & life skill classes and a warm meal to 130 children every week. After 2 weeks we are proud to have provided 260 warm meals to our children, 40 warm meals for our trainers, 260 food packages and 24 energetic dance and life skill classes. We are happy that during the closure of schools, ChezaCheza is able to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our children through this initiative.
Here is a story of one of our ChezaCheza kids and his experience:
Vincent tells his ChezaCheza teacher Collins that he is happy to dance again. His mother is under a lot of stress because there is no work. He has to take care of his siblings when his mum is out looking for work. Many evenings he goes to bed hungry and he feels like he has nothing to do. Some of his friends have been forced to work and some have been stealing or taking drugs. He explains that many kids are just sitting around and have nothing to do, which makes them bored and looking for trouble. Now that ChezaCheza has opened its classes, many friends of his look forward to dancing, having fun and learning life skills again.
This time has been very difficult for children and has put a lot of pressure on their emotional well-being. There is a lot of stress within the households which has led to increased stress and anxiety. Children have few activities to escape from household stress and focus on something positive. With the re-opening of our classes, the ChezaCheza kids have been able to connect with their friends in class and get emotional support from their teacher. The classes are about dancing to release stress in a safe and creative way and also to take some time to talk about what is happening in everyone's life. With all the challenges at the moment, it's important to create some space for listening, talking, expressing and connecting with each other.
Thank you for making this happen <3
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