

In addressing the WITNESS Project participants Minister Manickchand expressed the importance of utilizing all available resources including arts based programming to change the culture of violence directed against women and children. She said that by participating in programs such as Project WITNESS young people could finally begin to find their voices to speak out loudly against the violence that has infected Guyanese society.
We were deeply moved by the opportunity to work with these delightful children and artists and to be able to give these remarkable young children a loud voice through photography to speak out about violence. Our roll out in November promises to be highly visible and to create lasting conversation and then change. Moreover, we are delighted to work with all of the participants including the adult artists who are tasked with documenting the program's progress through photography. Additionally, all of the participants are required to fill out questionnaires throughout the program's 4 stages. The information garnered from the questionnaires will help us to determine the effectiveness of the program.