Slum Art that Empowers children to Prosper

The Capacity Building Project will mentor and restructure the mindset of the underserved, the tutorship will build up their creative talent and help develop their skills, this inturn will make income for the children and their community.

The training runs for a year. Artworks will be made by each student every week which will be showcased and sold during the exhibition put together by Slum Art at the end of the one year. After the artwork sales, funds generated will be shared as 40% to community development, 30% to the child artist to sustain his education and mental health and 20% goes to the sustainability of the project and 10% to the saler

the one year training, each child has the benefit of mentorship from his trainee as well as one on one consultation. This gives the child a chance to a better mindset, orientation and fulfillment

PROBLEM STATEMENT (Slum Art)

It has been observed that a major percentage of children from the slum are less-educated, have low self-esteem and a distorted mindset. Growing up in such an environment, there has been a negative impact on the child which in turn has a major effect in the economy system, future of the child and the generation to come. The inability for them to secure employment and obtain entrepreneurial skills to stay useful for the government, community and their families is due to poverty and lack of proper training to unlock and develop in-built potentials which makes the child vulnerable and open to bad influence when idleness is maintained. This is a threat to the future and a solution must be implemented

This year, we will be empowering 200 young people with the right photography skills, while will create a small business centre were pictures can be printed and cameras can be rented when the children have photography jobs, within and outside the slum.

we will be buying 20 professional cameras, which will be used for the training and afterwards, the camera will be constantly used as a tool for gainful
empowerment over the years, this will be a complete cycle, and we plan to have the graduation ceremony.

20 of our CSR/ organization team member who were part of the volunteers for last year event, will be grouped with the children in the batch of (10 children to 1 mentor) this will require a video call from the mentor to the children at least 3 times before the event. on the event day, each team and group will present there photo-story they have prepared which while be focused on any of the 17 SDG goals. the group assignment will be framed and 20 photographers will be exhibited.

The goal is to see twenty children in ten groups from the slum each year become empowered, generating income for the child and for community development, saving each child from idleness and bad influence. Thus, regeneration of the mind of the child through mentorship and creative art training. This reduces idleness, unemployment and over- dependence on the government. New job opportunities are also created.

-At the end of each stream, a total of 200 children will have undergone life transformation with guidance and support into adulthood via art and mentorship

-400 creative artworks which include painting, mosaic, drawings, watercolor  painting, charcoal drawing, will be created by these children in a month and all artwork will be framed and exhibited.

-At the end of each stream which last for three months, 1,200 artworks would have been produced by the 200 children which will be auctioned and 40% of the funds generated will be used for direct intervention in the community.

This project will have twenty intakes (children from the slum) between ages ten to seventeen. They will undergo trainings from the School of Art every weekend, making a total of twelve times in a month. The training runs for a year. Artworks will be made by each student every week which will be showcased and sold during the exhibition put together by School of Art at the end of the one year. After the artwork sales, money generated will be shared as 40% to community development, 30% to the child artist to sustain his education and mental health and 20% goes to the sustainability of the project, and 10% for the art marchant.

In the course of the one year training, each child has the benefit of mentorship from his trainee as well as one on one consultation. This gives the child a chance to a better mindset, orientation and fulfillment.

The children in the slum has allot of energy which can be used for positive gains, with Slum Art we will mentor, and Guide the underserver on how to convert their talent into gainful empowerment which will be profitable for them and the community.

the create a skill empowerment platform to develop manpower by creating fun activies to create a change, while the underserved make income, learn a new trade and build  future without distrupting their regular daily activies.

To evoke in the minds of all those who love Visual and Creative art, to have a feel of inspiration to create beautiful-artful things with their hands and minds. In addition, there is a perpetual need for adequate dissemination of information through Visual art and various cultures to students and the state at large in ways not previously explored.

The Slum Art project; an initiative of School of Art is a charity organization with the mission to mentor and build up creative art talent of young people from the slums. We have a five-year framework to give this young people voices and equip them with the right artistic skill/tools to help reduce poverty over a long-term period.

Slum art foundation is an organization that focuses mainly on developing the artistic skills of young children especially those in the slum areas of Lagos state who have interest in art but have no one to mentor and train them. Our major aim is to empower these young minds with skills that would enable them apply themselves gainfully and forge ahead in life 

In one year we will be training 200 children, and in five years, we will have be able to directly reach out to 1,000 underserved with the right art skill.

The goal is to see two hundred children from the slum each year become empowered, generating income for the child and for community development, saving each child from idleness and bad influence. Thus, regeneration of the mind of the child through mentorship and creative art training. This reduces idleness, unemployment and over- dependence on the government. New job opportunities are also created.

We are focus on the train the trainer model which we plan to get artist close to this communities, we empower them with the right syllabus and training manual.

We will be needing funds to buy the training equipment and build a condusive learning environment for this children

we will need need to empower al the graduating children with the right tools to continue learning and establish themselves in the trade they have learnt

we are presently eztablishing conversation with variouys artist.trainers in nearby community to serve as the train the trainer for each slum/community.

while we search for funding partners for the school building and equipments

africa art has reach market value in America/Caribean, we are focus on bringing our skill to train the underserve various africa culture, dance, art, batik, tye-dye, fashion, painting, carving, photography and more, this will be implimented with the use of technology (online sales and marketing) by providing an online gallery for art to be sold and rented while the children get paid

6 team member

Adetunwase Adenle

Monica Climi

NACHE ARMSTRONG LEKWOT

AKINMODUN OLAYINKA KEMI

Adepeju Adenle

Nkume Henry

My team are from various countries, india, UK, italy, while the most workforce are in Nigeria, we have over 130 volunteers and since majority are in Nigeria, we have our adminstrative office here

First City Monument Bank Nigeria, they fund our projects

Sterling Bank PLC funding partner for our project

Rite Food provide refreshment for the children

Our key resources are the raw talent in this children which will be brush-up and attached to a trainer, during this training, the children produce artworks which include painting, sculpture, metal works, fabrics, batik, photography, which will be exhibited (physically) or sold via our online gallery.

we will be bringing the dynamic art form which can only be found in africa in to the Latin america market.

Slum Art 

Artwork made by the children will be auctioned. The fund generated will be use to create intervention projects in the community. 40% of the money generated goes to community development, 30% goes to the child artist and 20% goes to the sustainability of the project 10% for the art marchant 

 -Slum Art Merchandise/Royalty: create t-shirts, face caps, etc

We want to be able to make impact in various countries and expand our business model to meet the needs of children in other countries, by introducing the underserved to africa culture and art which will be profitable to them and their community

tools, equipment and gadget producing companies like: Bosch power tools, canon, wacom tablet, HP or Apple, acrylic/paint manufacturers