In Rwanda Dance improves physical and mental strength in vulnerable youth

Project Life met MindLeaps in 2017, a nonprofit organization that uses dance to rehabilitate street children and vulnerable youth in developing countries since 2014. What makes a child vulnerable? Children and young people in extreme poverty, separated from parents, with lack of social support and education are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, deprivation and violence. Mindleaps Rwanda is a group of Rwandan dancers in Nyamirambo, a community just outside the capital city. Through dance, they teach life skills. They tutor and mentor the child’s educational needs and get them into a government school where they can live, learn and ultimately have a better future.

To understand the difficulties and dangers these children face as well as see the amazing work of Mindleaps, please watch the Project Life video below.