CIRCUS ARTS for children in India
Hi there!
My name is Tyler and I am a fire and circus performer from Portland, Oregon under the name Spades .
I will be traveling to INDIA in January 2016 with a volunteer-run charity group Performers Without Borders to teach at-risk children performance art skills! 
Eight of us have been selected from all around the world for the team and the program will last four months. We will be traveling to several cities and partnering with local schools and charities to teach daily workshops and after school programs as well as performing community shows
Performance arts teach children many valuable lessons.
Through teaching performance skills an individual’s learning, creativity and team working skills are developed. It also helps students build confidence, develop empowerment, and overcome social barriers. 
Prop manipulation like juggling, staff spinning, hula hooping, etc help children develope motor skills.
We will be teaching the children many skills to increase their balance, dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and more. 
By volunteering with Performers Without Borders I’ve agreed to help fundraise money to subsidize our transportation costs, buy new equipment to teach the kids with, and help pay for the management and organization of the tour.
I’m also responsible for my own expenses while I’m there, my plane ticket to India and back from Oregon, and my rent back home while I’m out on a four month adventure.
I’m already committed to the tour and am REALLY excited about it, but I would also love your support!
The first $800 raised will go directly to Peformers Without Borders to cover their expenses for organizing the tour.
Any donations recieved over $800 will help me pay for my personal expenses of volunteering for four months in India.
My Background in Performance Art and Social Circus:
I’ve been performing for over 8 years, but my true passion lies in teaching others.
I started teaching here in Oregon at festivals and special events and soon discovered how much I love seeing student’s eyes light up when they learn something new.
This encouraged me to volunteer with SPARK Circus in 2013 touring the border of Thailand to teach and perform for Burmese refugee children.
It was amazing to experience a different culture and volunteer my time helping those in need.
I loved working with the children and was inspired to pursue teaching circus arts to kids back here in Oregon.
I’ve worked with after school programs and summer camps teaching elementary and middle school kids and am always energized by their love of PLAY.
After three years back home I am ready to go out abroad in the world again.
I’ve joined Performers Without Borders because I truly believe in what they do.
They have run tours all around the world teaching performing arts to vulnerable children in countries of high child poverty, and have toured India for the last 8 years.
I feel the work that Performers Without Borders does is invaluable and allows kids in very harsh living conditions to experience joy and laughter while developing important life skills.
Check out the 2015 Performers Without Borders Tour Video
If you are curious about our schedule and where we are going in India, feel free to follow this link to my blog about our upcoming tour:
Spades' PWB India Blog
You can also visit the Performers Without Borders website to find out more about their history and other tours they do.
http://pwb.ngo/
Your donations make this trip possible!
Even if you can’t donate, you can still help by sharing this funding page and helping spread awareness about our cause.
Thank you for your support and helping us spread happiness to children in need!!!!
