CHARITIES WE HELP - Artists for africa
Artists for Africa enhances the lives of children living in the most impoverished areas of Africa through arts programs and educational opportunities. Their vision is that the children they serve will be nurtured on their journeys into adulthood, through the opportunities they receive, to become global citizens who promote and foster positive change in their communities in support of others.
"The support of the Brother’s Trust allows Artists For Africa to provide children in Kenya with a home where they are safe, receive excellent nutrition, a world class arts education, and attend international academic institutions for the first time in their lives. It is this opportunity to live in this exceptional environment that leads these exceptional children to succeed in the arts and become global citizens who will lead future generations out of destitution and poverty."
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In 2012, professional ballet dancer Cooper Rust, travelled to Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya to volunteer as a dance instructor with Anno’s Africa. So profoundly moved by her experience in Kibera, Cooper returned to her home in Columbia, SC, and founded Artists For Africa, a US registered 501 (c) (3) non- profit organization to help support arts education in Kenya. Artists for Africa currently supports programs to offer arts education to children in the Kuwinda slums, provide safe housing to talented young artists, to provide academic scholarships to allow other arts students to continue their educations, and to provide advanced opportunities for students to study their art outside of Kenya.