Filamujuani

Filamujuani began in the year 2008. It came about from a passion to help eliminate poverty creatively-by teaching young people how to tell their stories using video and photography. Filamujuani is a combination of two Swahili words Filamu, meaning films and Juani, meaning, in the sun. Loosely translated it means Films in the Sun in Swahili. We believe that telling your own story is not only cathartic but also uplifting and a life skill worth having. We have turned this passion into reality by having after school programs during the school holidays where we have more time for the students to learn and even take part in income generating projects. This has reduced crime level in the communities where they come from since students work 60 hours a week on film sets. So far more over 800 students have gone through the program. Some of them have been able to secure employment by working for T.V. shows, documentaries and even adverts. With the skills they get, our students are able to ...