Papaya Stories

Papaya Stories is a social enterprise founded by Yana Kirakovskaya. Papaya Stories aspires to facilitate the positive change in the society, improve mental health and wellbeing with the help of storytelling, creativity, immersive events, placemaking activations and personal development workshops. We provide photography, illustration, filming and animation services. We create engaging and inspiring content that tells personal stories and celebrates authenticity, diversity and unique human nature. We also bring and connect diverse people through engaging, interactive, out of the box and meaningful events and activations. By organising bespoke events we promote the sense of adventure, connection, joy, wellness and love. Our events include Flashmobs & Surprises, Personal Development Workshops and Talks, Engaging and Interactive Events including Silent Disco Citywalks, Interactive Audio Tours, Team-Building and Leadership Programmes.