Title
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Youth Educator
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Location |
Delhi, India
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Job Type & Duration
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Part-time, July 2016 - March 2017
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Background
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Happy Hands was established in 2009 as a non-profit with a view to revive and preserve traditional arts by engaging rural and urban youth, and restoring dignity in crafts practice. Its mission is to empower artisans, revive and preserve the traditional arts, crafts and culture of Indian tribes and to promote heritage education amidst youth.
Happy Hands aims to:
The Storytellers Collective (TSC) is a community-arts program which involves recruiting and training 10 young students from colleges / universities as 'Educators' through an in-depth apprenticeship training under Master Artisans; the development of an 8-month curriculum based on traditional storytelling which would be implemented across various shelter homes, community school centres for at-risk children and youth (students); and building a repertoire of visual narratives which have a social or cultural relevance to the communities to which the students belong and those which can be developed into effective educational aids. This is a project under the Youth Arts, Community and Transformation (ACT) program of Happy Hands Foundation, and is being supported by the Sonya Grewal Foundation. |
Roles & Responsibilites
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Prerequisites
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The criteria to be eligible for the TSC Programme are:
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Compensation
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Youth Educators will be a part of all expenses paid Apprenticeship Training Programme in Cheriyal Storytelling Tradition of Andhra Pradesh. Educators would be trained over a 10-day program by Master Artists in art and storytelling techniques, and this would be a unique opportunity to learn, and engage with art.
They will also be provided a basic stipend during the Teaching Period to cover travelling expenses and a recommendation letter from partner organisation and Happy Hands Foundation. |
Application Deadline
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June 15, 2016
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