Uganda artist teaches skills to reduce number of street children
Uganda's 13,000 street children are often in danger of being trafficked, forced into child labour or sexually abused.
In this photo taken Friday, June 9, 2017, an unaccompanied or separated child shows one of his drawing of whom it was uncertain, as he and others play and draw on the floor of a World Vision tent as they wait for child protection specialists to evaluate their situations at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda.
Ugandan artist Rodney Kiggundu's passion is to reduce the number of street children in Kampala by offering free art classes.
The students learn how to paint and do beadwork. He's hoping that these new skills will help them earn money.
Uganda's 13,000 street children are often in danger of being trafficked, forced into child labour or sexually abused.
He's hoping that these new skills will help them earn money.
"My future plan is to see the number of street children reduce from 13,000 to zero. And with this I want to reach out to more and more street children within Kampala and even outside Kampala – reach out to them, teach them the skill of painting, teach them the skill of making crafts, jewelry, all the art skills I have."
TRTWorld’s Adefemi Akinsanya reports.
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