Sophia Teach the Arts to Kenyan Orphans

 


BEAR, Del.,  At the age of 14, Sophia Andrews took day out to Nairobi, Kenya, as a phase of a Church Group, to work with deserted children. "It was once tremendous how the door to take this day trip used to be opened to me for I used to be already the use of cash I obtained from babysitting and different bizarre jobs to sponsor a toddler with the aid of the identical of Ester," broadcasts Andrews. Little did she be aware of at that time that taking the day trip to Kenya would be the basis of developing an organization, that has come to be a phase of her life's mission. "When I visited Kenya and spent time with the youth, observed out that many of them got here to the kid's residences after being discarded in landfills, I comprehend I had to do something! Even although I am a teenager, I can make an effort to make a distinction in the lives of these valuable young people," states Andrews. This revelation birthed in Sophia's coronary heart the want to begin a non-profit company to aid deserted childhood in Kenya by using the title of Ngoma Kenya. Ngoma in Swahili capability "Dance."


 




Sophia, now a Freshman at American University, majoring in International Studies, has been to Kenya a couple of instances supporting the adolescents expand their vanity and lifestyles practicable through the arts. "A few years ago, at the age of 16, I spent the complete summer season in Kenya as a distinctive schooling trainer supporting the faculty at Happy Life Children's Home. I was once capable to train a pick out crew of children, as nicely as work the imaginative and prescient of Ngoma Kenya with a couple of formative years groups. Teenagers can make a distinction and it is my hope that the work I am doing, will encourage different teenagers to use their lives in a productive way."


Ngoma Kenya now has a board of enterprise gurus from all over the USA, as nicely as a Youth Advisory Committee comprised of young adults who are dedicated to the usage of their skills to have an impact on the world in a tremendous way. "One of my hopes with growing this committee is to make this a early life pushed initiative the place childhood who desire to make a distinction can brainstorm on the exceptional approaches to guide our work in Kenya and maybe beyond. I am now a Global Scholar at American University as nicely as an Ashoka Young Changemaker. We prefer to leverage these accomplishments to empower different adolescence to make a difference. We are properly placed to do incredible work in the lives of the over 350,000 deserted early life in Kenya. It is actually my life's mission and I have a exceptional group in area to help."


"We love the work we are doing, and hope it encourage different early life to care about orphaned and deserted youngsters in Africa. Youth can make a difference, if they can center of attention on the usage of their lives to do so!" 


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