EMPOWERING CHILDREN LIVING IN ORPHANAGE 
COMMUNITIES THROUGH CREATIVITY

Alegría means 'joy' in Spanish. We're a nonprofit organization focused on empowering children living in orphanage communities in South America through creativity.

We mobilize our networks and communities to meet needs of orphanage communities in South America. We are committed to meeting needs in orphanage communities, and we mobilize our communities to creatively invest in orphanage communities. We contribute to sustainable, long-term endeavors, that meet a need which allow the children to flourish. Many times, these needs go unmet.

We mobilize international and local artists to mentor children in their various disciplines on a volunteer, short-term, small-group basis. Our creative workshop intensives focus on a mentor-based relationship. Our artists mentor older children as apprentices throughout their workshop. Apprentices become ambassadors of the medium, utilizing long-term curriculum which allow more children to have creative experiences and exposure to creative outlets.

CREATIVE RESOURCES ALLOW CHILDREN TO RE-IMAGINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

We believe in the power of creativity and creative resources as a tool of empowerment. Children in Andean orphanage communities have suffered significant trauma from sexual abuse, life on the streets, abandonment, lack of resources, and severe poverty. Creativity allows them to re-imagine what's possible, contributing to a stronger sense of self and sense of possibility for their lives.   

Hope through art.

Join us. Unese con nosotros.
 

Cinematography: Adam Sjöberg | Loose Luggage;  Music: "Go Do" | Jónsi