My life experience with art

 My name is Devilon Junior Omondi . I was born in 2008 November 20th. I live  in Kibera slum . I started drawing when I was Grade three . Everyday I was drawing and giving to my teacher but sometime I could not draw because I did not have materials and someone to help me with materials . When I joined Calvin program and I started perfecting my skills .

 When I was in the  program I learn new things that I did not know . When I saw the place was perfect I invited my friends who had the same skills like me and others. As time went by we were many and the place was too small  to host us . So Calvin and I sat down and came up with an idea of renting a room.

 Now we have a room  and the number of children is getting bigger and bigger every single day . We are so thankful and grateful . I know that you are God sent and do not stop the good job that you are doing and God will bless you more and more.

 When I grow up I would like to empower children who have the skills of drawing and others just like you empower me . THANK YOU CALVIN AND LUCA FOR SURPORTING ME AND OTHER CHILDREN GOD BLESS YOU. MARY CHRISMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 

Future Within Young Talents

 FUTURE WITHIN YOUNG TALENTS

This blog is meant for our young talented kids in slums of Kibera. We promote artistic skills, education  and rational thinking. We believe that art education is a powerful tool to change the world, as it bring awareness to social issues and foster a sense of acceptance-bringing people together regardless of background.

I am Calvin Juma  from Kenya living in slums of  Nairobi Kibera. I am so passionate in community service and social change.  I would first of all like to take this opportunity to explain better on how this initiative was born. My wife and I met Luca Luigi from Italy in Facebook by chance. We had some conversation and get to know each other better. 

It is with great thanks that Luca was also an enthusiast of social change and we develop a common interest. He proposed to us an idea of starting an art project as he was so passionate in cultivating artistic talents. Before then, I was engaging in other community activities including: environmental cleanup and conservation, empowering young women, poultry keeping and diseases management, kitchen gardening and other life transforming initiatives.

We started the art classes in my house and few students begin to develop interest in drawing, though some of them had the artistic skills but lack some space to practice and express their artistic idea.

However,  Luca was supporting us to ensure the kids had enough learning materials to thrive .It eventually led to self-complacency between us and the kids. At least, I could say there were glimmers of hope knowing that there was someone out there who cares and was ready to collaborate with us to promote artistic talent and to restore hope.

It's so unfortunate, that art is underrated in the world and in the field of International cooperation. I believe that humanity has always finds ways of expressions from writing to music, painting, sculpting, storytelling and more. Art should never be underrated because they help make us feel better.

For our children in Kibera slums, this has been extremely vital opportunity for them to be able to express themselves freely and to command a specific information to the community about what they feel. We realized that not all children are able to express themselves verbally and are always embarrassed to speak in public. 

As the kid's continue drawing, we realized there was a great need to find a public space for kids to practice not only drawing but also life skills and other educational trainings.

Gradually, we are still growing and many kids have joined us. Our goal is to unlock kids full potential through arts and to create a world where art is valued. We are also committed to promoting education and recently our kids started writing their own stories to enhance their creativity.  We hope to find more people that are willing to cooperate and partner with us to continue creating a lasting change in the community and across the world. Together we can make a difference and change the world.