Street children in for colourful Earth Day
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Baishakh 9 , WENSDAY 23rd Apr 2009 post on biggest news kathmandu post
Street children in for colourful Earth Day
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On the occasion of International Earth Day 2009 on Wednesday, the Heartbeat group, a group of young artists, in association with Leo Club and YES Nepal, is organising an art workshop at Basantpur on Wednesday morning. The workshop Art for Social Change will bring together disadvantaged children for an awareness campaign on different environment issues.
According to organisers, around 20 street children will participate in the event. “We hope the use of colours in paper will give the children a chance to voice their concerns and raise awareness among the public through their creative expression on environments,” said programme coordinator Juju Kaji Maharjan.
Heartbeat is a volunteer group of young local artists which has been active in the field of Art for Development (Art4D) for the past five years. They initiate and run many art workshop and art-related activities with disadvantaged children to support social causes. The U.S. first celebrated the Earth Day in 1970.
