Bringing color and comfort to children with serious illness

Silk painting workshops

Duration2025-2027
LocationsSwitzerland - Geneva, Vaud & Valais
Partners
  • Les Pinceaux Magiques
Project funding
Context

Children suffering from serious illnesses face a challenging journey that affects their quality of life and self-esteem. The hospital environment, by its restrictive nature, offers little room for creativity and emotional expression—both of which are essential to a child’s well-being.

Objectives

Offer hospitalized or homebound children joyful and colorful moments through silk painting, allowing them to escape, feel valued, and reconnect with the joy of creating.

Actions
  • Multiple weekly visits to hospitals in Sion, CHUV in Lausanne, HUG in Geneva, and to children’s homes
  • Children are free to choose the medium for their artwork: scarf, painting, cushion, bag, etc.
  • Children may choose to keep or gift their finished artwork.
© Les Pinceaux Magiques
© Les Pinceaux Magiques
Partners

Founded in 1997, the association Les Pinceaux Magiques brings moments of joy to sick children by offering them colorful experiences through silk painting, either in hospitals or at home.

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