Drawchange Inc
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Mission Statement
Drawchange is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering impoverished children through the use of art therapy-based programming. Our programs instill coping skills that foster Collaboration, Creation, Dream Building, Empowerment, Imagination, Self-Esteem, and Stress-Relief.
About This Cause
We continue to empower over 1200+ children per year to expand their creativity while knowing they are capable of achieving anything they can imagine. We have ongoing programs within homeless shelters, refugee communities, orphanages, and asylum-seeking welcome centers in Atlanta, Tucson, Orlando, Puerto Rico, Louisville, and abroad, where we help children ignite their innate creative spark while imagining their dreams so they can become a reality. The “drawchange Blueprint” includes our entire art therapy-based curriculum, volunteer handbook, and training resources, necessary art supplies, management tips, step-by-step video instructions, access to our staff of Art Therapists, and daily contact with founder/CEO, Jennie Lobato. We continue to expand our staff as we now employ more employees than we ever have before and are continuing to add more hours for our dedicated staff. We have successfully established a self-sustaining international program in Costa Rica where the children of Fatima School receive art in their daily curriculum through drawchange. We have additionally begun a 6-year partnership to build a self-sustaining program in Kara Kore, Ethiopia, where we empower children living in one of the poorest city centers in Addis Ababa. One of our newest programs, our MX/AZ Welcome Center Program, was started in 2021 to conduct art therapy-based programs for children who have recently crossed the Mexican border into the United States. Along with our domestic and international art therapy-based programs, we have developed a year-long fundraiser, Interactive Kids Art Camp, which welcomes all children from our communities in Atlanta and Orlando to participate in art based after-school programs and summer camps.