PHD student Leilah Angod took pieces of the Fig Singing Tree of the Child to the West Bank. Here’s what she has to say on her blog “A friend in the US is creating a painting called The Singing Tree. The painting is cut into puzzle pieces and distributed to children around the world. Each [...]
The resilience in young people never ceases to move me. These images are from Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, made for the Fig Singing Tree of the Child. The girls and boys who made the drawings are survivors of sexual abuse, poverty, drug abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. They answered the question “What kind of childhood [...]
Several days ago students from Oakland, CA, a community which struggles from poverty and violence, spent time working on pieces of Fig Singing Tree of the Child answering question: What do I wish for children? The results were amazing! The flow of ideas from the students of Youth Empowerment School (YES, Oakland, CA) was unprecedented. [...]
Flash file from One Child – an organization started by a 16 year old to raise awareness about child sex trade. Cheryl Perera of Toronto, CA, began a high school project, which took an unexpected turn when she encountered a description of the global child sex trade in her research. She asked herself, “How can [...]
Lili and Laurie made the five interwoven trunks of the Fig Tree in my back yard which is inspiration for the Fig Singing Tree for the Child. The tree makes hundreds and hundreds of figs, feeding birds, bugs and humans, making new trees. This is the abundance of creativity. This is the abundance of imagination [...]
“We want for all of the children of the world what we want for our own children – to find their spark and to have the tools and courage to beat any odds they encounter.” Unity Through Creativity The Fig Singing Tree of the Child is the direct result of Unity Through Creativity’s dream and [...]