Creating a Space for Growth through Dance

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Rwanda

19-year-old Josiane is among the 100 young people participating in Masoro Leaping, a project being implemented in Rwanda through Kate Spade’s On Purpose Fund. Josiane lives with her parents and two siblings. She had struggled with discipline issues, and was expelled...

MindLeaps Expands in Rwanda

by | Sep 4, 2019 | Rwanda

With the support of Kate Spade New York’s on purpose Fund, MindLeaps was able to launch a pilot program in Masoro, in the Rulindo District of the Northern Province. 30 youth from the Masoro community participated in an intensive Train the Trainer program to learn...

Hard Work Pays Off

by | Jul 26, 2019 | Rwanda

In 2015, MindLeaps opened its center in Kigali, Rwanda, welcoming street kids and vulnerable youth to a safe place where they were given a lunch meal and enjoyed a fun dance program. Fiston was among the first kids to join the program. Fiston had never danced before,...

Leaping from Good to Great

by | Jul 22, 2019 | Rwanda

  Since 2014, when it opened its permanent center in Kigali, Rwanda, MindLeaps has witnessed amazing transformations. Kids have left street life forever and now excel in school after reintegration. Vulnerable in-school kids have a renewed interest in learning and...

Raising the Next Generation’s Leaders

by | May 1, 2019 | Rwanda

In January 2019, MindLeaps recruited twenty new out-of-school youth. When they joined the program, these kids had never danced before. “Our muscles hurt the first two weeks and we almost wanted to stop coming to the center. But as time went on, we fell in love with...