A Heart for India is a social/artistic project created by

Annique Mahieu and Dirk Thienpont.

Check out this incredible video from children living in Care and Compassion Orphanage in India. 

Dear Friends-

To start this project,  we created a provisional website, www.heartsforindia.weebly.com
We would like to invite the Burning Man community to take a look at our very first steps;

We're going to create "all about hearts", simulate with Belgian children connecting with Indian street/slum children and orphans.

But we're inviting same-minded artists to our Heart Gallery too....
Ideas, feedback and creations are most welcome...

This is the startup of our project, we want to continue this concept in the following years, to build up a foundation for artistic development, and creative fun possibilities for orphans and street/slum children of India. One of the ideas is to create art on wheels, to reach the children easily. And help them express themselves.

For the moment (06.01.10 till 31.03.10) Dirk Thienpont is in Goa, India, doing fieldwork for our project. To get information about the street/slum children, child rescue organisations and check the possibilities.

We would like to reach out especially to the Burners Without Borders Community.

Are there burners, traveling or living in the area of Goa for the moment?

Dirk working with children in the slums of Goa, India

Are there people interested to get involved with" A HEART FOR INDIA"?

We're also looking for connections to build up a yearly non-profit exhibition to raise funds for the street children .

We would be pleased to connect with you, and are interested in your response to this project

Thanks,

Annique Mahieu and Dirk Thienpont

Annique (fluffy cushion in her hands) and her teen-students at the academy in Ghent, Belgium.