Funding Sources for Cultural Initiatives in ACP Countries

Democratic Republic of Congo: Africalia supprts four local organizations: Kin Label : promotion of comics TACCEMS : The group TACCEMS is a center of creation, exchange and show design basedin Kisangani. This non-for profit organization brings together artists from different backgroundsconcerned about the creation, the spread and promotion of cultural work. The Tarmac des Auteurs strive for universal access to the arts and the works of contemporaryauthors through training, dissemination and awarenessKenya: four partners, funded by Africalia, are involved in differents aspects of culture: Hot Sun Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Kibera, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya.They provide the way to the children of the slum to share their stories with the world. Throughvideos, films, stories, theatre and music the trainees of the Kibera Film School capture all thecolor and variety of their lives and their community. Slum TV is a grassroots media organisation based in Mathare, a large slum in Nairobi, Kenya.The basic premise behind the project is to provide the community of Mathare with a means ofdocumenting and representing what is happening in the neighbourhood, primarily for the localaudience, but also for an international public. The Mwelu Foundation is a self-help group operating in the Mathare Valley slum of Nairobi, itsis to nurture the talent of children in the poorest communities of Nairobi by providing training increative arts and essential life skills. By providing children with a voice and promotingeducation they hope to break the cycle of poverty and violence that exists in theircommunities. KURUKA MAISHA (“jump into life”) is an Arts School for Street Children. It was developed onthe premise that artistic activities help Street Children in numerous ways. The school offersclasses in visual arts and performing arts such as Acrobatics, African traditional andcontemporary dance, Capoiera, Drama, Fine art and Music.41