The WCF provides students with a transformative experience that infuses personal creativity with mutual empathy to inspire them to become “creative empaths.”

Empathy development is not an easy task; it could be the hardest on occasion. Unlike learning something new, which is a biological activity that causes neurons to create new connections, empathy development must begin with unlearning inherited bigotry, discarding inculcated prejudices, and overcoming adverse childhood experiences for the activation of mirror neurons responsible for empathy.

In a setting of global community, the World Children’s Festival provides a transformative experience that infuses a person’s creativity with mutual empathy, inspiring them to become “creative empaths.”

In the WCF’s setting of a global community, we adopt a phased empathy development approach. The three-day WCF begins with the highlighting of interests that children share (Health & Environment Day). The second festival day focuses on enhancing children’s creative potential and imagining the unimaginable (Creativity & Imagination Day). On the final day, leadership and empathy training and collaborative mural-making can infuse personal creativity with mutual empathy, motivating participants to become creative empaths—an essential building block for a more peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable future (Peace & Leadership Day).

The WCF is a transformative experience that infuses personal creativity with mutual empathy so we can:        

The WCF paves the way for children to transform our wounded world into a wondrous one.

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