Help Adults with Disabilities in Mexico Create Art
Organization information
El Arca en Queretaro IAP
Location: Corregidora, Mexico
Summary
El Arca en Queretaro, welcomes 25 adults with intellectual disabilities, focusing on identifying each one's personal gifts. The staff stimulates creativity in activities such as painting, carpentry, dance, handicrafts, and baking. Respect and empathy foment emerging abilities and meaningful relationships. Mexican folk art has lead the beneficiaries toward greater self-confidence, alternate ways of expressing themselves, increased productivity, social recognition and inclusion.
Project locations
Mexico