Help 250 Youth Recover From Ebola in Guinea

United States based dancer and MindLeaps trainer, Caitlyn, spent several weeks at the MindLeaps center in Guinea. While there she led the first ever iteration of MindLeaps Training for Professional dancers in the field. This training allowed dancers from the United States, Canada, Italy, and England to learn from and work with local Guinean Teachers and Staff. Emmanuel, winner of the Inaugural Annual MindLeaps Scholarship and lead refugee trainer in Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp traveled across the continent to participate. Read more about Emmanuel here!

Here's what Caitlyn had to say about her trip:

"I have just spent three weeks working with the MindLeaps team in Conakry, Guinea. My work on this trip was two fold. First, I led a group of four international dance trainers through advanced training of MindLeaps’ kinesthetic-based curricula, specialized teaching methodologies and practical data collection process. In just two weeks time, these four trainers learned MindLeaps standardized dance and choreography curricula, worked with local trainers and staff on specialized projects and had in field experience teaching MindLeaps students alongside local dance teachers.

Secondly, I worked with the local dance teachers and a group of performance students on a choreographic project titled “Our Voices.” In this project, we used dance to tell each child’s unique and inspiring story of personal transformation.

My time in Guinea was short but full. We danced, laughed, learned and certainly, sweat a whole lot! As I head back to the United States, I know I will carry with me the immense passion and boundless energy of Guinea."