All children, including our rural children in the Riebeek Valley in the Western Cape, South Africa, who rarely get a chance to engage with culture. Together with artists and children, we weave story lines in visual art, dance, storytelling and music.

Art touches the essence of humanity. Art is never indifferent. An encounter with art can only be through dialogue. Art does not coerce. Art does not tell you what to do, only how you might go about it. Art provokes questions and offers reflections – of yourself, the other, the world. Art has the power to heal, transform and connect people. The earlier in our development we receive these values, the stronger they take root within our existence.

RASA stands for artistic quality and for an inclusive and gentle approach in which every voice is heard.

Non-profit RASA has a Belgian background and has pioneered art-education over the past three decades. Collaborating with leading artists, art museums and cultural locations in Europe, RASA has curated for a young public specifically. In 2021 RASA found a new home on the slopes of the Kasteelberg in Riebeek West. Drawing on her experience, founding Mother Gerd Dierckx and a group of artists and enthusiastic volunteers initiate diverse weekly artistic and lasting activities for children to create joy and stimulate social change.

Art touches the essence of humanity. Art is never indifferent. An encounter with art can only be through dialogue, because art does not coerce. Art does not tell you what to do, only how you might go about it. Art provokes questions and offers reflections – of yourself, the other, the world. Art has the power to heal, transform and connect people.