Olivia Rose is from London, England but her passion for bringing joy to others takes her all over the world. Thanks for all your work Olivia! My name is Olivia and I am a performer and director. Last year I began volunteering with the charity, The Flying Seagull Project who travel around bringing play, circus, magic and joy to children in different parts of the world. In February I was lucky enough to travel to India with the organization. We visited many government run institutions for orphaned, abandoned and special needs children, as well as many rural communities. Very often, the children we work with live in heavily disciplined environments or have many responsibilities to take care of, including other siblings, earning money for the family or just being independent from a young age. Its amazing to see how, by the end of our time working with them the children can for once, relax and enjoy laughing, playing, letting the tension go from their bodies. Just before Christmas I went to Greece where the charity are working on their ‘Happiness Matters’ project in refugee camps. Here you can really see the positive impact of the work on the lives of these children and their families. They have experienced such trauma and continue to live in incredibly tense, hostile and uncertain situations. People need creativity, love and kindness – its what brings out the best in our humanity. Its amazing that, despite the horror people have lived through, they are still capable not only of receiving love, but giving it back in equal measure. For more information on the charity visit: http://www.theflyingseagullproject.com/
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