PROJECT SWEET DREAMS

Animals + Environment + Community = Heart Activist Learning

We are silencing the songs of the wild, chord by chord, instrument by instrument, note by note until all that will remain is a mere echo of what was once the music of life. —Jane Goodall

Project Sweet Dreams, founded by Debra Rosenman in 2006, is an innovative educational program that teaches children age’s six to eleven about compassion and humane ethics through the study of Great Apes and other animals, with a focus on education, fundraising, and community relations.

Encouraging a deep respect and empathy towards animals and the earth, Project Sweet Dreams core curriculum supports students in uncovering the meaning of reverence and reciprocity which helps to increase empathy and compassion, foster self-awareness, strengthen independent thinking, and validates the importance of each of us taking responsibility for>>>>>>> keep writing, global learning etc……

Some of our past inquiries:

  • Dialogue about global culture, the similarities and differences between children their age in other countries

  • Orphaned babies: chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans

  • Endangered and threatened species

  • Disappearing African forests & Great Ape habitats

  • Chimpanzee Sanctuaries: why they are so important

  • Can animals sense and feel?

  • How do we know what is right?

Our classes involve the children in collage making, drawing, painting, and writing as a means of expression so the children can embody what they are learning. When children feel compassion for animals, they are more likely to treat human friends and family with the same respect and generosity of spirit.

Creative fundraising activities offer children the opportunity to raise awareness in their local communities about animals and the environment in peril. They learn how to conceive, organize, and implement fundraising projects that can affect change and make measurable differences in the lives of animals and the health of the earth. In effect, the kids become guardians of the animals and the earth.