ARTS PROGRAMS

Girls in Lidè discover their unique voice through our arts programs, which include creative writing, theater, photography, and visual arts. These programs are designed to support girls to: foster healthy relationships, appreciate diversity, strengthen their ability to resolve conflict, and cultivate flexible thinking, adaptability, innovation, and hope.

The arts also enable girls to deepen awareness of their emotions, develop a growth mindset, improve their cognition and communication skills, build their ability to problem-solve, and develop a sense of dignity and confidence in their ability to create a better world.

Our arts programs become a gateway into an academic education as well as a means for improving literacy, leadership and critical thinking. And, all our arts activities incorporate values-based themes, such as compassion, service, kindness, and justice, which help adolescent girls explore the life questions that all youth face on a local and global scale.  

“The benefits of introducing the arts and cultural practices into learning environments showcase a balanced intellectual, emotional and psychological development of individuals and societies. Such education not only strengthens cognitive development and the acquisition of life skills – innovative and creative thinking, critical reflection, communicational and inter-personal skills, etc – but also enhances social adaptability and cultural awareness for individuals, enabling them to build personal and collective identities as well as tolerance and acceptance, appreciation of others. The positive impact it gives on the development of societies ranges from cultivating social cohesion and cultural diversity to preventing standardization and promoting sustainable development.”

-United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)