Zakheni Arts Therapy Foundation

Our approach is not new, it is ancient. Human beings have always known that they need to gather, around fires, tell stories, dance, make rhythm and make art. It is what keeps us strong, connected to ourselves, each other and the environments we live and work in.
Working creatively, we recognise beyond the trauma and pain that disturbs health, the inherent strength, resilience and resourcefulness within all human beings. Through moving, making, creating, enacting and playing, we encourage the health of the individual and the community or collective, to come into expression. We understand that the art forms themselves ensure the work is both deep and safe.
Zakheni is ensuring that the fires stay alight in communities, organisations and institutions by supporting them to tap into the transformative resource of their stories, as well as making the creative arts therapies profession and its services more visible and accessible to all.VISION
The accessibility of creative arts therapies and applied arts services in the pursuit of health and wellbeing, growth and development of individuals and communities in South Africa