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Bulawayo Food for Thought seminar Update [Role of creativity in empowering and developing girls] by Mbizo Chirasha

Bulawayo Food for Thought seminar [Role of creativity in empowering and developing girls] by Mbizo Chirasha   Thursday the 13th of October was a hive of activity at the Bulawayo public library where the American corner is situated, the Girlchildcreativity project director gave a vibrating and thought provoking session to a crowd of participants that was well represented by educationists, academics, child development activists and the media. The discussions centered on how to foster creativity to the girl child, the importance of empowering the girl child through creativity, talent identification and other models of mental development, the role of parents and teachers in stimulating creativity in children. Some participants argued that sometimes their talents and creativity die a natural death in their growing stages , and it came to light that lack of creative dynamics like motivation, talent realization and inspiration in talent demise. Some argued  its difficult for them