ART FOR CHANGE, LIVES OF STREET CHILDREN (WE ARE INSHUTI) is a project started by Hodari Olivier, a Rwandan visual artist in Musanze, Rwanda in 2020. Despite the progress and efforts made by the government of Rwanda towards helping street kids to stay and grow in their families, there is still a big number of children who are still living on streets. Majority of these children live in such life due to poverty in their families, family conflicts and lack of parental care. 

As a visual artist, who lives in Musanze town, I came up with this project. ’ART FOR CHANGE ” with the purpose of empowering these children on how they can build their lives and reshape their future through Arts. By using Arts, these children are able to express their feelings through painting. This helps them to restore hope for a better future. While having art sessions, these children also get a precious time of sharing stories among themselves which strengthens their relationship and brings a sense of belonging in their lives.  

In order for the project to be sustainable, we are raising $10,000 to help in starting a chicken farm business to bring in some income that will be used to provide school fees, day to day expenses, help the family of these children and provide eggs to complement their food while we wait for the kids to master their art to the level it can sell and bring income. This will also help to expand our reach and increase the number of children we can get off streets

To conclude, I appreciate every helping hand and I am very hopeful that the future of these kids will be great.

Yours truly, 
Hodari Olivier