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- EIN 81-1591053
- (317) 694-9778
- 926 Burchwood Ave Nashville TN 37216-3606 USA
- https://www.waterwalkerstn.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Mission: Water walkers is a youth mentorship program based in nashville, tennessee serving inner city children ages 8-17. The program aims to build confidence and community among children who have limited exposure to the world beyond the boundaries of govenmental housing. By bringing children outside these limitations and into the beauty of creation, water walkers exists to open a sense of wonder and inspiration in their lives.
Programs: Last year, many boys were involved in a year long program centered on team building activities and conflict management. During the summer these participants learned how to swim, next they learned how to ride on the water tubes and finally learned how to surf. As the summer ends and school starts, this is where water walkers focuses more on involvement in the neighborhood, tutoring at school and after school and finally exercise through trampoline parks. During each and every activity these kids are fighting verbally, physically and emotionally. As their mentors, we are trying to teach each and every participant to become a leader and eventually a mentor to the other kids in their neighborhood. The the team would be in their homes twice a week, take them out to trampoline parks once every other week and tutoring up to three times a week. The lessons we would teach would mainly be centered on how to deal with anger, reflecting over disagreements and how to think instead of react.