Kids Share Workshops · Established 2008

Proven Field Programs & Past Workshops

StoryBridge Nepal grows from nearly two decades of cross-cultural storytelling, arts education, community collaboration, and field-based program development.

Since 2008, Kids Share Workshops has worked with children, educators, schools, nonprofit organizations, and community partners in the United States and internationally. These selected programs demonstrate the experience, adaptability, creative practice, and relationship-based approach now informing StoryBridge Nepal.

2008
Year Kids Share Workshops was established
6+
Countries and cross-cultural settings reached
1,500+
Children engaged through workshops
4+
Published books and collaborative story collections
4+
Films and documentary-style media works
Selected Program Archive

Learning Through Story, Art, and Relationship

The programs below represent selected milestones rather than a complete archive. Each developed in response to its own community, partners, participants, and cultural setting.

Kids Share and La Touche collaborative workshop group in Togo
Collaborative workshop with La Touche in Togo, West Africa.
2022 · Togo, West Africa

Kids Share & La Touche

An international collaboration centered on youth voice, storytelling, mural creation, shared learning, and creative expression. Participants used art and narrative to explore identity, community, and global connection.

Kids Share Workshops team in Zambia with World Vision
Cross-cultural program developed in collaboration with World Vision in Zambia.
2016–2017 · Zambia

Kids Share & World Vision

Students and community partners collaborated through storytelling, music, film, photography, and shared celebration. The project created space for young people to document experiences and communicate across cultures through collaborative media.

Participants in the Kids Share Newtown Totems project
Symbolic storytelling, identity, and protected creative expression through Newtown Totems.
2015 · Connecticut, USA

Kids Share Newtown Totems

A sensitive arts and storytelling project supporting identity, reflection, and community healing following trauma. Young participants created symbolic totems that allowed personal stories to be explored in a protected and respectful format.

Kids Share Newtown creative workshop
Creative recovery, storytelling, and community connection in Newtown.
2013–2014 · Connecticut, USA

Kids Share Newtown

A community-responsive workshop using storytelling and art to support emotional expression, resilience, connection, and creative recovery. The work was shaped with sensitivity to participant needs and the wider community context.

Children participating in a Kids Share workshop in Costa Rica
Environmental storytelling and cross-cultural learning in Costa Rica.
2012–2013 · Costa Rica, Oregon & Vermont

Kids Share Across Three Learning Communities

A multi-location program reaching more than 200 children across Costa Rica, Oregon, and Vermont. Participants explored environmental awareness, local experience, storytelling, and cross-cultural exchange.

Children building friendships during the Kids Share Guatemala program
Shared learning and friendship in Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán region.
2011–2012 · Guatemala & Vermont

Kids Share Guatemala

Developed with Partners of the Americas and local supporters, the program connected students through storytelling and shared experience in the Panajachel and Lake Atitlán region and in Vermont.

Children sharing books through the Kids Share Nicaragua program
Cross-cultural storytelling, bookmaking, and arts learning in Nicaragua.
2010–2011 · Nicaragua & Vermont

Kids Share Nicaragua

A cross-cultural storytelling and arts program connecting students in rural Nicaragua with peers in the United States through narrative writing, bookmaking, illustration, and creative expression.

Children participating in early Kids Share workshop development
Early relationship-based art and storytelling work that helped shape Kids Share Workshops.
2008–2009 · India & Vermont

The Early Kids Share Model

Evolving from Portraits for Charity, this early phase explored how art, storytelling, creative participation, and direct community relationships could connect local and international learning environments.

A Foundation for StoryBridge

What This History Demonstrates

StoryBridge Nepal is a new program built from an established body of educational, creative, and cross-cultural experience.

Responsive Program Design

Programs were adapted to different ages, communities, partners, cultures, resources, and learning environments rather than imposed as one fixed model.

Ethical Storytelling Practice

Participants were encouraged to create and share through art, writing, photography, film, and collaborative media with care for voice, context, and representation.

Long-Term Commitment

Nearly two decades of work provide StoryBridge with practical experience in relationship-building, facilitation, creative education, documentation, and international collaboration.

The Next Chapter

From Kids Share Workshops to StoryBridge Nepal

StoryBridge Nepal carries this history forward through Cultural Learning Journeys, future faculty-led educational institution programs, place-based learning, agriculture and coffee education, cultural heritage, ethical storytelling, and sustained collaboration with Nepali partners.

The 2026 founding Cultural Learning Journey will help verify and document the current route before anticipated educational institution programs begin in 2027.

Program totals are based on Kids Share Workshops records and are presented as approximate cumulative figures. This page highlights selected work and is not intended as a complete archive.