Shillong, Apr 25: Project Empathy and Assam Rifles Public Schools join hands to stage the first instance of Empathy Art Festival at Assam Rifles Public School, Laitkor, Shillong.
Stating that every participant will be acknowledged, the organisers said the festival is designed to explore and express the essence of empathy for children through diverse creative expressions such as written word in the form of postcards and poetry, visual art in the form of individual and graffiti art and performance in the form of Nukkad Natak and poetry recitation in group.
The organizers said that the Most Heartfelt Message, Young Voice of Empathy, Spirit of Collaboration, and Voice of Hope and Healing will emerge from the festival.
During the festival, students of 42 Assam Rifles Schools will engage in the various activities at each school during the two-day programme on April 24 and 25.
Delegations of seven schools from the seven-sister states, each composed of eight students from classes VI-XII and two teachers, took part in the festival.
Empathy Art Festival is the first step towards integrating empathy education into the mainstream curriculum of all the ARPS schools. The project is an innovative social experiment at developing respect for self and for everyone around through inner awakening at a very early age.
Through this collaboration, the Assam Rifles Public Schools aimes to promote emotional literacy and foster acts of kindness and understanding among students towards creating a compassionate and creative school environment where every child feels valued and respected on his/her own merits.
