The Red Pencil - International
Avenue Blanc 53
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Contact person: Laurence Vandenborre
+41 22 900 21 32
welcome@redpencil.org
laurence@redpencil.org
https://www.redpencil.org/
https://www.facebook.com/redpencilorg/
Topics
- Human rights
- Social policy/disabled persons
- Women's policy
- Volunteers are welcome.
About us
The Red Pencil (Singapore) was founded in 2011. The Red Pencil (International) was incorporated in 2015 as an Association by Swiss Law and garnered Institution of Public Character (IPC) status in Switzerland in 2016. Over the years, the organization has expanded its scope of activities and beneficiaries in Singapore and internationally, developing and offering arts therapy programmes in every continent. It has tried to respond to the rapid growth of societies, migration issues and the evolving needs of beneficiaries in various cultural contexts.
Mission
The Red Pencil brings the power of arts therapy to children, adults and families who have been through traumatic life circumstances - natural disaster, displacement as a result of conflict zones, human trafficking, life-threatening disease, violence and abuse - for which they have no words. Our programmes help them heal and grow through drawing, painting, dancing and music at a therapeutic and professional level.
Through arts therapy, The Red Pencil helps break the vicious cycles of helplessness and violence, reduces stress and trauma and offers a way of expression towards balance, self-empowerment and resilience
Vision
We wish to bring the life-changing benefits of arts therapy to everyone, everywhere, at any point in life.
We have witnessed communities, once unfamiliar with art-making, be revived from having the opportunity to engage in the creative process of arts therapy.
Our objectives:
• Reach out to the most vulnerable people across the world, by partnering with organisations, and attend to their emotional needs.
• Promote arts therapy and the profession through granting scholarships and contributing to research.
Programmes
• 3-Step Humanitarian Missions: The 3-Step humanitarian missions are run in the span of one year and customised and structured around the existing framework of our local partner.
• Residencies: This model is used in situations where beneficiaries require a more sustained level of care, with sessions held once or several times a week over a period of 3 to 6 months.
• Clinical Sessions: Clinical art therapy sessions are facilitated either for individuals or groups for a minimum of 8 weekly arts therapy sessions but is extendable upon recommendation of the arts therapist.
• Workshops: Anyone can experience the power and benefits of art therapy in a 1.5 hour workshop.
• Community & Awareness Events: The Red Pencil promotes art as a way of self-care and mental wellness. Our presence at museums, schools, art fairs, and community service events are aimed at promoting arts and wellbeing, reaching out to the local community.
• Collaboration With Global NGOs: The Red Pencil promotes arts as a way of self-care and mental wellness. Our presence at museums, schools, art fairs, and community service events are aimed at promoting arts and wellbeing, reaching out to the local community.
Laurence Vandenborre is the Founder & Managing Director of the Red Pencil (Singapore and International).
For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.
