Arusha Arts Initiative

Our mission is to provide the community at Umoja Youth Empowerment Center with access to the performing arts. We aim to use the creative and collaborative skills utilized in the arts in order to guide the students in their personal development and to promote Umoja's goal of empowering students to create change in their communities.

The Result June 3, 2009

Hi everyone!

This is probably going to be the last update before we return to NYC.
The performance at Via Via on Saturday night was AWESOME.
The Umoja students stepped up to the plate and gave their best.

The performances were polished and exciting.
Everyone got together for the Single Ladies dance
as the last piece and it was so so great.

The event was hugely successful, raising 700,000 TSH for Umoja!

The biggest change that I’ve seen in the students has been their
willingness to put themselves out in the open and be confident about
who they are. They have opened up in an amazing way and enjoyed
themselves.

Patrick