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 The Public Theater: In late 2017, Zara Aina entered into an ongoing partnership with The Public Theater in New York City, one of the pre-eminent cultural and theatrical institutions in the United States. As a result of this partnership, Zara Aina receives mentorship and organization guidance from The Publics in-house development, community engagement, and legal teams while Zara Aina will provide training in its pedagogy to members of The Publics Mobile Unit to give them additional tools to engage schools and communities during their production tour. 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 at:- Workspace Academy: 3 ZA volunteer facilitators led a daylong workshop with 30 kids ages 10-15 from a new school in Connecticut specifically tailored for children who have previously been home schooled. The ZA facilitators took the kids thru the entire pedagogy and curriculum, in order to train them to be able to build a show on their own. After a few months, the kids performed an original show, based on a Malagasy folktale, for their families and friends and for our kids in Madagascar, over Skype.- Grand Avenue Middle School: 5 ZA facilitators led a 2 hour workshop with 35 kids ages 12-13 from a public school on Long Island. The kids learned the ZA warm-ups and games, and built their own original songs, which they performed at the end of the workshop.- Win Shelter Bronx: 6 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 4-hour workshop over 2 days with 10 kids ages 5-15 from a Win homeless shelter in the Bronx. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built original characters, songs, and scenes, which they performed for family and friends at the end of the 2nd day.- Win Shelter Brooklyn: 4 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 4-hour workshop over 2 days with 15 kids ages 5-15 from a Win homeless shelter in Glenwood, Brooklyn. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built original characters, songs, and scenes, which they performed for family and friends at the end of the 2nd day.- Win Shelter Queens: 5 ZA volunteer facilitators led a 4-hour workshop over 2 days with 25 kids ages 5-15 from a Win homeless shelter in Astoria, Queens. They learned the ZA warm-up and games, and built original characters, songs, and scenes, which they performed for family and friends at the end of the 2nd day.- JCCA Pleasantville Cottage School: 7 ZA volunteer facilitators led our first-ever multi-week residency at the JCCA of Westchesters Pleasantville Cottage School. For 2 hours each week for 5 weeks, we worked with 7 kids ages 8-16 to use our pedagogy and curriculum to build original acts for their school-wide talent show. We also helped the kids come out of their shells and have the confidence to perform in front of their peers at the talent show at the end of the residency. - Success Academy - Harlem East: 6 ZA volunteer facilitators returned to work with a Success Academy Charter School, only this time the daylong workshop was broken up into two halves. In the first part, the ZA facilitators trained Success Academy Drama Teachers to use our pedagogy and curriculum. In the second part, we worked with Success Dram”