In the important early childhood development years, children need adequate movement.\u00a0 Dancing offers not only the opportunity to increase their endurance but also promotes rhythmical movement as well as flexibility and coordination.<\/p>\n
Die jungen Bewohner des Libert\u00e9 VI Stadtteil in der Region Dakar, Senegal erhalten dank des ehrenamtlichen und unglaublichen Engagements von Frau Martina D\u00e4hn aus Deutschland<\/strong> einen regelm\u00e4\u00dfig stattfindenden Tanzunterricht.<\/p>\n Thanks to the fantastic volunteer work of Ms. Martina D\u00e4hn from Germany<\/strong>, the young inhabitants of the Libert\u00e9 VI neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal receive regular dance instruction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dance classes are given by two young dance teachers: one young woman from the not yet reconstructed Baraka slum and another from the newly created area of Baraka (our project \u201cBaraka \u2013 From Slum to Modern Neighborhood.\u201d) Martina D\u00e4hn reports that the local children are highly motivated, enthusiastically participate in the dance classes and impatient \u2013 in the best way \u2013 for next week\u2019s class to begin.\u00a0 The willingness to learn and the motivation of these young girls and boys is contagious to the older generation. Increased interest in the dance program is palpable. Thanks to YOU Foundations supporters like Ms. D\u00e4hn, not only are the lives of many children positively impacted but a big step in the direction of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been taken.\u00a0 Dancing encourages physical and emotional wellbeing in the youngest residents of Baraka and assists in the achievement of the UN\u2019s 3rd SDG \u201cGood Health and Well Being.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the important early childhood development years, children need adequate movement.\u00a0 Dancing offers not only the opportunity to increase their endurance but also promotes rhythmical movement as well as flexibility and coordination. Die jungen Bewohner des Libert\u00e9 VI Stadtteil in der Region Dakar, Senegal erhalten dank des ehrenamtlichen und unglaublichen Engagements von Frau Martina D\u00e4hn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270,243,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-general","category-projects"],"yoast_head":"\n