Zara Aina

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Program Service Accomplishment#4:Pedagogy Trainning in the United States: Zara Aina expanded the volunteer pedagogy training sessions in New York City that had begun in 2015. In addition to enhancing the work Zara Aina does in Madagascar, this new has allowed Zara Aina to implement a new series of outreach workshops with underprivileged children in New York City and the surrounding communities. The additional training sessions allowed Zara Aina to expand the number of capable volunteers it brought to Madagascar and to outreach trips in the United States. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Program Service Accomplishment#6:Partnership with UNICEF: In 2016, Zara Aina completed the project for which it has been hired by Zara Aina in 2015 - to use its theatrical-storytelling pedagogy to expand knowledge and information about health and hygiene in the midst of Madagascar's polio crisis, visting with the sponsors in-country to review the successes of the program. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Program Service Accomplishment#5:With the enlarged pool of volunteers, Zara Aina was able to offer an expanded number of trips to work with at-risk and middle school students in the greater New York City area, with workshops:1)Win Homeless Shelters: - Win Shelter (Brooklyn): 8 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 4 hour workshop over 2 days with 25 kids ages 5-15 from a Win homeless shelter in Brooklyn. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built songs showing off their special skills, which they performed for family and friends at the end of the 2nd day.- Win Shelter (Queens): 7 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 4 hour workshop over 2 days with 25 kids ages 5-18 from a Win homeless shelter in Queens. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built characters and scenes, which they performed for family and friends at the end of the 2nd day.2)Success Academy- Success Academy Harlem Central: 7 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 1 day workshop with 20 kids ages 11-13 from Success Academy in Harlem. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built characters and scenes, which they performed for each other at the end of the day.3)Rhinebeck Middle School- Rhinebeck Middle School: 12 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 1 day workshop with 40 kids ages 5-13 as part of Rhinebeck Middle School's Madagascar Day. Half of the group built scenes from a Malagasy folktale, and the other half built puppet shows based on Malagasy folktales. Both groups performed for each other at the end of the day.”