DOUTORES DA ALEGRIA/DOCTORS OF JOY
Priscilla
Pizarro Costa
Doctors of Joy is a social organization founded in 1991, and
through its work and art, the group brings joy to hospitalized children, their
parents and hospital professionals. Along the years, “looneyologic” treatments
have been made inside hospitals in three Brazilian cities: Belo Horizonte, São
Paulo and Recife.
Their aim
is to disseminate the Doctors of Joy
culture. There are plenty of experiences to share, and based on what they learn
from encounters between clowns and children, the decision to spread this knowledge
to theaters, schools, business, and clown courses was the right one.
They offer
a long course in order to become a hospital clown. A few years ago I attended
this course for one semester, and it was a very gratifying experience. When I
noticed how close you can reach children´s feelings, I saw how much easier life
could be.
And they also have the Clown Educational Program
for Youth, and according to their site, it “…gives adolescents from different
communities access to art through the clown language”.
The film Doctors of Joy is very interesting.
Check it out at:
This
non-profit organization is very important not just for hospitalized children
and for their families to feel much better, but also because they educate
youth, so they can become professionals and get ready for the job market.
To sum up, here
is a citation: “The way the world is spinning nowadays, sometimes forward,
sometimes backwards, it can make one somewhat dizzy…When you reach that point,
only a clown can fix it!”.
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