Peace and Reconciliation India Project #20032

Self-reliance & resilience in slum women's groups

by Urban Health Resource Centre

Self-reliance & resilience in slum women's groups

Project Report | Jun 16, 2017
Psycho-emotional energy through creative activity

By Siddharth Agarwal | Project Leader

Slum ladies learn making jewellery

Creative & artistically fulfilling activities give a sense of freedom, purposefulness of action, stimulate psycho-emotional & right brain energies.
These help slum populations gather more strength, resilience, motivation and hope to better deal with the vagaries of life.
From the understanding of neuro-physiology and from medical training and practice, it emerges that emotional energy is a component of healing while trying to help people stay or become healthy. Emotional energy then manifests in more zealous efforts for improving health, nutrition, well-being.
Urban Health Resource Centre utilises inherent human creative energies to motivate slum women to experience a sense of well-being and gather more energy for slum improvement efforts.

Making jewellery gives psycho-emotional energy

Slum women holding handmade jewellery with pride

Creativity motivates, gives hope - Edward de Bono

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