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Therapeutic arts for refugees and asylum seekers to strengthen resilience, enhance wellbeing, and cultivate community.

10/30/2026

🪴𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩! 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫!🪴

We are excited to announce a new partnership with New Women New Yorkers 📍NYC !

New Women, New Yorkers (NWNY) provides workforce development programming to help immigrant women find meaningful work or pursue higher education in NYC. NWNY also offers a safe, welcoming space where women can build community and share their stories. By partnering with them, Campfire offers participants embodied access to mental health and community-building through a weekly dance/movement therapy support group.

09/26/2026

Last night, Campfire directors Jessica Hecht and Alex Zaslav (Alexandra Zaslav) brought together participants from our Young Men’s Group in NYC with volunteers from our Ukraine mission for the Carnegie Hall UNGA Wellbeing Concert.

The evening featured a transformative performance by Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning vocalist Somi (S O M I). The evening culminated by recognizing the healing power of art in times of war and marking the 30th anniversary of the UN mandate on Children and Armed Conflict.

We’re grateful to have shared this evening of music, connection, and reflection with members from across our community and beyond!

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

08/25/2026

The Campfire Project’s mission in Ukraine was recently featured by ТСН (Television News Service, ТСН вражає), one of Ukraine’s leading news outlets.

Check out a few clips from their coverage featuring Jessica Hecht, Campfire Executive Director & Founder; Alexandra Zaslav (Alexandra Zaslav), Campfire Director of Operations; Jesse Eisenberg, actor, director, and Campfire volunteer; and Igor Golyak (Igor Golyak), theater director and Campfire volunteer.

Thank you to the TSN team for amplifying our work with this incredible community. 🇺🇦

Link to full video in our bio.

08/20/2026

A central part of our commitment at The Campfire Project is to build lasting local capacity with every mission. Our multi-day training on the use of the arts in mental health and psychosocial support for practitioners across Ukraine was created with that commitment at its core.

This activity was a partnership between Folkowisko (•Центр Транскордонної Освіти•), the Jameel Arts & Health Lab (Jameel Arts & Health Lab), and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO Regional Office for Europe) via its EU-funded Health Resilience in the Eastern Partnership programme. It was led by Dr. Nisha Sajnani (Nisha Sajnani, NYU Steinhardt), a founding member of The Campfire Project and founding co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab.

Over three days, 30 educators, social workers, psychologists, and doctors from across Ukraine came together to strengthen their skills in arts-based approaches to mental health and psychosocial support, exchange experiences, and build relationships that can sustain this work well beyond the training itself.

We are deeply grateful to the participants and partners who made this possible—and who are helping build a foundation for arts-based mental health and psychosocial support to continue growing across Ukraine.

08/05/2026

After culminating our Therapeutic Arts Camp, we’re transitioning into a multi-day training for practitioners from across Ukraine, as part of our commitment to leave lasting infrastructure behind on every mission.

Organized by The Campfire Project and Folkowisko UA (•Центр Транскордонної Освіти•), in partnership with the Jameel Arts & Health Lab (Jameel Arts & Health Lab), the World Health Organization (World Health Organization & WHO Regional Office for Europe), and the European Commission, this intensive workshop is led by Dr. Nisha Sajnani (Nisha Sajnani) and will strengthen arts and health practices for humanitarian contexts.

Razom for Ukraine

08/03/2026

A celebration of creativity, courage, and connection. 💙

To close our Therapeutic Arts Camp in Western Ukraine, the children brought together everything they explored throughout the week into a final presentation featuring an exibition of their art work and a performance of songs, original plays, and a co-choreographed dance bringing together all 80 participants on one stage!

The performance expanded the impact of the project, bringing the experience into the broader community—parents, community members, and municipal and religous leaders.

From the first workshop to the final curtain, each moment reflected the trust, creativity, and collaboration built together over the course of the week.

We are so proud of the young artists who stepped onto the stage and shared their voices with us.

•Центр Транскордонної Освіти•
Razom for Ukraine

07/30/2026

Przez kilka godzin nie muszą nasłuchiwać alarmów ani zastanawiać się, co przyniesie kolejny dzień. Mogą śmiać się, odgrywać role i znów być po prostu dziećmi. To wszystko dzięki Fundacji Humanitarnej Folkowisko, która połączyła siły z The Campfire Project, aby nieść wsparcie młodym ukraińcom.

Wśród wolontariuszy jest Jesse Eisenberg, znany amerykański aktor i reżyser, który nie tak dawno otrzymał polskie obywatelstwo. Na prośbę naszej dziennikarki Sandry Meunier artysta opowiedział o humanitarnym celu misji i nie tylko. Podzielił się również z nami tym, dlaczego podróż wgłąb Ukrainy jest dla niego znacząca na poziomie osobistym.

W projekcie Fundacji Humanitarnej Folkowisko i organizacji The Campfire Project uczestniczy ponad osiemdziesięcioro dzieci. Zajęcia prowadzą artyści, psychologowie i terapeuci z Ukrainy, Polski oraz Stanów Zjednoczonych.

07/28/2026

Beautiful moments from our Therapeutic Arts Camp in Ukraine with •Центр Транскордонної Освіти•.

Our first days together have been filled with excitement, shared laughter, and the blossoming of creative trust. This week, 80 children, ages 5–16, are taking part in workshops that invite them to imagine their own world through playwriting, explore themes of freedom and support in dance, and engage with the concept of identity via the photgraphic lens.

It is such a gift to build in these relationships through curiosity, collaboration, and the simple act of creating together.

Jameel Arts & Health Lab
WHO Regional Office for Europe

06/25/2026

As National Immigrant Heritage Month comes to a close, we are incredibly proud to celebrate our Campfire Ambassador, Cellou, and recognize the impact of his work across immigrant communities in NYC.

Following a performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center (Lincoln Center Theater), Cellou was honored onstage by Ragtime Director & Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, Lear deBessonet, in recognition of his leadership and commitment to community-building.

Through his on-the-ground outreach, Cellou has helped forge spaces of connection, belonging, and creative expression for fellow new immigrants from West Africa. His work reflects the extraordinary contributions immigrants make in shaping and enriching the cultural and civic fabric of this city.

Congratulations, Cellou! We are so proud to celebrate you and this well-deserved honor. 🔥✨

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