Researcher

Volunteer for an NGO changing children's live in Uganda through art 

Faces Up Uganda: School dropout rate in Uganda is high. Many families can't afford the high cost of education thus not in position to enroll or keep their children in school. What makes it worse is that even the children enrolled in school are not motivated to pursue and complete their education because they are not encouraged to express themselves creatively. Faces Up Uganda attempts to solve this problem by providing free art workshops and mentorship which focus on equipping young people with the necessary skills they need to thrive such as confidence, creativity and change making. As a result of these workshops, finished art together with merchandise featuring prints of the originals are sold on the e-commerce platform to raise funds which is used to pay schools fees for children from financially challenged backgrounds