Therapeutic Arts Program

Each year, Global Alliance for Africa conducts a Therapeutic Arts Trip to Kenya or Tanzania. During the two-week trip, GAA coordinates paraprofessional trainings in therapeutic applications of the arts, which are collaboratively led by East African therapeutic artists and creative arts therapists from the U.S. and other countries. Trainings cover basic and intermediate creative arts therapies and counseling skills within a trauma informed and culturally relevant framework. Participants visit various cultural sites and an optional safari is available.