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Intergenerational Creative Arts and Healing in Rwanda

A young black child smiling and looking into distance, thinking

‘Nkwihoreze’ means taking care and strengthening one another in Kinyarwanda. Nkwihoreze is a creative arts and healing programme for children (aged 6-17), their families and psychosocial workers in Rwanda.

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We were at:
Being Human Festival
7–16 November 2024

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Kristyna Skriczka

Co-creating arts-based tools with children for mental health and resilience

Celebrating the contributions of our children and young people in a blog post written for the Co-Production Collective Kristýna Skriczka,...

Nkwihoreze

Our journey to design a memorable project logo

A team collaboration versus competition. There was only one way to go in designing our project logo...

Nkwihoreze

Nkwihoreze: Intergenerational Creative Arts and Healing in Rwanda launched

A summary of the pilot workshop of the Nkwihoreze project.

About Us

Our project introduces new tools, materials, and methods to foster meaningful conversations across generations, address sensitive issues, and promote well-being for children, families and communities. Follow our story as we develop and share free tools and resources relating to intergenerational transmission of trauma and resilience.

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Project Aims

Intergenerational Dialogue

The project encourages conversations between different age groups within families.

Discussing Sensitive Topics

These discussions focus on emotional subjects like loss, absence, conflict, mental distress, and memory.

Well-Being

The goal is to enhance the overall well-being of both children and families.

Increasing Professional Capacity

It also helps professionals who work with children and families by equipping them with creative and arts-based approaches.

Free Resources

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A short comic explaining the origins of Nkwihoreze project (A3 size pdf)

Presentation slides from the 6th World Resilience conference, Kigali. The slides provide overview of the project methodology and timeline.

A link to download a simple infographic explaining what is Nkwihoreze all about (A5 size colour pdf)

Infographic thumbnail for Nkwihoreze project

Files for download Nkwihoreze

Over the next few weeks we will share the artwork, connections, messages and kindness born out of our exhibition. Follow us (or keep following!) to learn more. Thank you @uyisenganimanzi_org @aergfamily, for being part of the #nkwihorezeproject

There is a saying "A picture is worth a thousand words"...the expressions of these young visitors to our travelling exhibition uniquely convey the depth and complexity of our #nkwihorezeproject artwork. Thank you Rwamagana community for welcoming us and visiting our exhibition.

Artwork will be available to view on our website www.nkwihoreze.org

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #socialresearch
#art

Our end of the project travelling exhibition is proving to be a huge success! Our thought provoking art brings people together, creates connections and a space for discussion and reflection. Thank you to the @nkwihorezeproject team with @uyisenganimanzi_org and @ioelondon ...What a journey!

Selected artwork from our travelling exhibition in Rwanda is available to view in @metronomelife in London until Sunday 24th November 2024.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024 #socialresearch
#art
#freeexhibition

Really pleased to announce that our @nkwihorezeproject exhibition at the @metronomelife has been extended until Sunday 24th November 2024!

If you have not yet, please visit and learn how our young people are making the world a better place!

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024 #socialresearch

Our exhibitions are in full swing, both in London and in various locations across Rwanda. We are so lucky to have the opportunity to work with so many talented young artists! Thank you.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024 #socialresearch

Where can you find great coffee during the day and natural wines in the evenings (Wed to Sat) while learning about social science research and enjoying and contributing to an art exhibition?

Come explore the Nkwihoreze exhibition in the cosy, welcoming atmosphere of Metronome Café!

Enjoy thought proving art, photography, and interactive features.

Open now until 14th November 2024, part of the “Being Human” festival of the humanities. Free entry during cafe opening hours, accessible, no purchase necessary.

#mentalhealth
#research
#resilience
#BeingHuman2024 #NkwihorezeProject

At the Nkwihoreze exhibition, visitors can take part in an interactive feature to grow our "Resilience Tree" by contributing their reflections on the strengths they feel they have inherited from their culture, family, community, or anything else that is important in their life.

The exhibition is free to attend and hosted in community focused, accessible café Metronome in Morden, London, 7th to 14th November 2024.

https://www.nkwihoreze.org/being-human-festival

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024 #socialresearch

Welcome to our interactive art exhibition as part of this year’s Being Human Festival (7–16 November).

Did you know that we have an interactive part where we invite our visitors to contribute to our exhibition? We can't wait to hear from you!

Available now @metronomelife

@beinghumanfest is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Browse the full #BeingHuman2024 programme now: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/2024

Our exhibition "Embracing Art in Research for Children’s and Family Mental Health" if free to attend and hosted in community focused, accessible café @metronomelife

View the event listing for our @ahrcpress funded @ioelondon #nkwihorezeproject here:
https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/embracing-art-research-childrens-and-family-mental-health

Visit our project website to learn more about our work:
https://www.nkwihoreze.org/

With big thanks to @uyisenganimanzi_org and AERG, to all our young facilitators, participants and psychosocial workers. This exhibition is a celebration of your work and commitment to this important collaborative project.

Our exhibition features artwork from our artists in Rwanda as well as three young people from London.

#artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024
#socialresearch

Welcome to our interactive art exhibition as part of this year’s Being Human Festival (7–16 November).

Available now @metronomelife

@beinghumanfest is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Browse the full #BeingHuman2024 programme now: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/2024

Our exhibition "Embracing Art in Research for Children’s and Family Mental Health" if free to attend and hosted in community focused, accessible café @metronomelife

View the event listing for our @ahrcpress funded @ioelondon #nkwihorezeproject here:
https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/embracing-art-research-childrens-and-family-mental-health

Visit our project website to learn more about our work:
https://www.nkwihoreze.org/

With big thanks to @uyisenganimanzi_org and AERG, to all our young facilitators, participants and psychosocial workers. This exhibition is a celebration of your work and commitment to this important collaborative project.

Our exhibition features artwork from our artists in Rwanda as well as three young people from London.

Thanks to @ieva_bee at the @bee_creative_art_hub for nurturing young talent in Merton.

#artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024
#socialresearch

Final preparations before our @beinghumanfest exhibition at @metronomelife

Thank you to southlondonstationersprinters for displaying our poster and for excellent service printing our @nkwihorezeproject photos and artwork created in partnership with @uyisenganimanzi_org

We can't wait to share our art and story with everyone. Please come and visit Metronome and view our exhibition between 4th and 17th November 2024.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024

We are looking forward to sharing the work of the Nkwihoreze project team with the world! Our @ahrcpress funded project at @ioelondon will celebrate the work of our young facilitators on this project.

Please pop in and learn more about the value of humanities #research to society.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #BeingHuman2024

Thanks to @ieva_bee at the
@bee_creative_art_hub and Tom @metronomelife for cooperation and support.

Less than 3 weeks till our interactive art exhibition as part of this year’s Being Human Festival (7–16 November).

@beinghumanfest is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Browse the full #BeingHuman2024 programme now: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/2024

Our exhibition "Embracing Art in Research for Children’s and Family Mental Health" if free to attend and hosted in community focused, accessible café @metronomelife

View the event listing for our @ahrcpress funded @ioelondon #nkwihorezeproject here:
https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/embracing-art-research-childrens-and-family-mental-health

Visit our project website to learn more about our work:
https://www.nkwihoreze.org/

With big thanks to @uyisenganimanzi_org and AERG, to all our young facilitators, participants and psychosocial workers. This exhibition is a celebration of your work and commitment to this important collaborative project.

Save the date, we hope to see you there!

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

10 October is World Mental Health Day

Mental health is an essential component of overall well-being, and promoting mental health awareness is crucial for fostering supportive and inclusive communities.

Anyone, anywhere, can be affected by mental health issues, whether it’s their own or that of a stranger, neighbour, friend, or a loved one.

Let's take care of each and take care of yourself.

If you need help or to talk to someone (UK or Rwanda) our website has links to organisation that can help.
https://www.nkwihoreze.org/get-help-now

#WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD2024
#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

We’re excited to be organising an interactive art exhibition as part of this year’s Being Human Festival (7–16 November). @beinghumanfest is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Browse the full #BeingHuman2024 programme now: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/2024

Our exhibition "Embracing Art in Research for Children’s and Family Mental Health" if free to attend and hosted in community focused, accessible café @metronomelife

View the event listing for our @ahrcpress funded @ioelondon #nkwihorezeproject here:
https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/embracing-art-research-childrens-and-family-mental-health

Visit our project website to learn more about our work:
https://www.nkwihoreze.org/

With big thanks to @uyisenganimanzi_org and AERG, to all our young facilitators, participants and psychosocial workers. This exhibition is a celebration of your work and commitment to this important collaborative project.

Save the date, we hope to see you there!

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

The #nkwihorezeproject works to promote and facilitate intergenerational dialogue through the arts on sensitive topics within families including loss, absence, conflict, mental distress, and memory.

Art can be seen as a doorway into children’s worlds, it facilitates access to understanding children’s perspectives on topics many would find impossible to express with words.

-->Art enables people of all ages to express themselves on complex topics
-->Art transcends language barriers
-->Art facilitates the expressions of and connection to, cultural heritage and identity

Of course, the list goes on. Mental health support must take into account historical and cultural context of Rwanda and that arts-based methods offer a promising approach to engaging with local cultural understandings.

It is essential that interventions are informed by young people’s understandings. Nkwihoreze project is very fortunate to have a group of very committed and talented young people in their team. Thank you!

Please visit our website for more information
www.nkwihoreze.org

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl
#ahrc

What is #nkwihorezeproject? Would you like to know more?
Our handy little infographic briefly explaining what we do is available on our website. It was well received at the recent "Listening & Leading" Conference in #rwanda.

Link to full infographic https://www.nkwihoreze.org/_files/ugd/9d1797_439fc0aa3dd5486c8f6536e3e9864584.pdf

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

Have you seen our creative galleries?
Our website show the work from our young co-creators and participants. "Family Tree" is one of the tools we have been working on with @uyisenganimanzi_org

The aim of the Family Tree tool is to help participants identify intergenerational inheritances within families.

Some of the things we inherit from our family might be positive and some might be negative. This activity helps to identify the positive and negative influences and think about what we might pass onto future generations.

Visit our website to learn more:
www.nkwihoreze.org

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

Dr Chaste Uwihoreye from @uyisenganimanzi_org & @nkwihorezeproject
presented on Saturday 27th July at the @aegistrust conference sharing knowledge co-created with our #nkwihorezeproject team.

Our work received great feedback from the large audience and we are looking forward to nurturing new relationships in the pursuit of a peaceful future and good mental health for all.

Details of the conference here:
https://event.aegistrust.org/

Visit our project website to learn more here: www.nkwihoreze.org

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

A lovely photo from a workshop in Kigali. Every little effort contributes to meaningful change, and together, these small steps build the foundation for a brighter tomorrow.

Thank you Nkwihoreze team for continuing to work together.

@uyisenganimanzi_org

#childrensmentalhealth #resilience #intergenerationaltrauma #nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #trauma #childrensrights
#ucl

https://youtu.be/OhLMPyZMN4o?si=DwRzQJhr8oPdv854

Check out our latest film explaining how we develop and our young facilitators use the "Body Mapping Tool" during workshops for children on Intergenerational transmission of resilience and trauma.

https://youtu.be/OhLMPyZMN4o?si=DwRzQJhr8oPdv854

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl
@uyisenganimanzi_org

Celebrating the contributions of our children and young people working with @uyisenganimanzi_org in a blog post written for the Co-Production Collective about Nkwihoreze Project

https://www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/co-creating-arts-based-tools-with-children-for-mental-health-and-resilience

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl
#ahrc

We wish you all a very good day!

This photo is from one of our project workshops. Thank you to the participants for allowing us to capture this precious moment and to share it with the world. Thank you to all our co-creators for their resilience and contributions.

#Kwibohora30
#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

Dr Chaste Uwihoreye from @uyisenganimanzi_org & @nkwihorezeproject
will be presenting on Saturday 27th July at the @aegistrust conference sharing knowledge co-created with our #nkwihorezeproject team.

Details of the conference here:
https://event.aegistrust.org/

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

Really happy to share that Nkwihoreze project had been accepted to take part in the Being Human Festival of Humanities which will take place in London in November 2024.

We will host a two week exhibition showcasing the amazing work of the Nkwihoreze team.

Watch this space for further details.

Thank you Nkwihoreze team!

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl #beinghuman

Our project poster was accepted for the UCL Open Science Conference which took place on the 20th June 2024 at UCL London.
We had some great feedback from conference attendees, sharing just one here! Thank you to all Nkwihoreze team members for all your work and commitment.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights
#ucl

Link to video here: https://youtu.be/PRmO_NcsYcM?si=QXMWG6GsF_Olj4bp
Film by Fernando Mugisha with Nkwihoreze team.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights

Wonderful to see Chaste Uwihoreye from @uyisenganimanzi_org
present our
@ahrcpress
research on intergenerational conversations in families using creative arts at the 6th World Resilience Conference in Kigali on 8th June 2024

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights

Chaste, a Nkwihoreze Project Co-Principal Investigator & director of Uyisenga Ni Imanzi is presenting at the 6th World Congress on Resilience 2024 in Kagali this week.
Project presentation slide show will be available on our website https://www.nkwihoreze.org/ after the event.

https://resilience2024.rw/agenda/#1714561655283-5a2a551b-cea0

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights

A few lovely photos by our talented photographer Fernando Mugisha taken at a workshop in Kayonza with children, young people and parents.

Thank you to all project participants and co-producers for their time and commitment and agreeing to be photographed during the workshops.

#nkwihorezeproject #artsforresilience #childrensmentalhealth #trauma #intergenerationaltrauma #childrensrights

Affection, companionship, optimism, collaboration, cohabiting peacefully, and family contemplation, are among some of the pathways through which parents and children perceive the transmission of resilience between each other.

Photography by Fernando Mugisha. Original post by Uyisenga Ni Imanzi on X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/UyisenganImanzi/status/1790276450123182501

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