Sunday, December 4, 2011

Up on Top - Creative Arts Programs for Disadvantaged Kids

Up On Top provides after school care and summer educational programs for more than 90 of San Francisco’s most disadvantaged kindergarteners to fifth graders, who live primarily in the Tenderloin and Western Addition districts.

Up On Top’s mission is to offer hope, stability, and fun to children of low-income families in San Francisco, preparing them to be successful in school and in life.

What struck me about this organisation is their use of creative arts programs to increase the children's confidence and help develop their literacy, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

Learn more about their great work at http://www.upontop.org/index.htm