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Inspiring the dream of Kenyan youth through all positive change.

To grow, support and strengthen sport for sustainable development across Africa.

To support refugees and migrants integrate and participate in the life of the host country for a wholistic wellbeing and development of the communities through advocacy, education, training, capacity strengthening and implementation of various community initiatives.

Slum Film Festival is the first ever film platform-featuring stories from slums, about slum realities and made by filmmakers from the slums in Africa - and beyond. It is a celebration of the creativity of filmmakers living and working in slums. It is also an opportunity to show a range of films within slum communities who have limited or no access to cinema. The first pilot edition of the festival was celebrated with success in August 2011. This program has now been extended and expanded in subsequent 4 editions between 2012 and 2014. The festival has reached out for submissions from across Africa and indeed the world. It has gathered audiences from thousands of slum dwellers and urban culture enthusiasts. There are numerous international film festivals around the world, but the Slum Film Festival is exceptional in its mission to be celebrated within slums, and it is dedication to sharing slum stories. More than just a festival, it is aiming to become an international film platform for young independent voices and upcoming and established filmmakers from across the universe. 2 The Organisation The Slum Film Festival is an independent organization, whose goal is to develop a network of partnerships with media production groups, organize film awards, facilitate and organise film screenings and conduct other film and arts related events across Africa's informal settlements, promoting and sharing slum stories from across the world, and becoming a key network for the distribution of films made by and about slum communities. Having run as a project of 2 media organisations [Slum TV and Hotsun Foundation] for 3 years, Slum Film Festival is now registered as an independent Community Based Organisation. 3 Our Objectives and Aims The Slum Film Festival does not aim to legitimise the existence of informal human settlements, but to raise public attention to pertinent issues here, while promoting and celebrating the creativity of the people who live in these communities. The aims of the Slum Film Festival are: To offer a platform for films from slum communities to reach broader audiences, and facilitate disenfranchised filmmakers in joining the international film circuit. To promote dialogue about life in slums that goes beyond stereotyping, using stories from slum communities to promote deeper perceptions about life in the slums. The Slum Film Festival demonstrates that slums are also a home for the very talented, creative and culturally active artists. For the festival event to become a magnet for media attention, while changing media discourses about slum realities. This media presence can also allow mainstream media to acknowledge the presence of smaller slum-based media content producers, and promote new partnerships. To support the expansion of the festival into new slum locations, eventually becoming a networked festival for celebrating the diversity of Pan-African and global creativity.

MOBILIZE, INSPIRE, EQUIP AND NETWORK CHRISTIANS AND THE KENYAN CHURCH TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

We champion the causes of justice, peace, and democratic transformation. We are committed to empowering young women and men by providing platforms for them to express their voices, aspirations, and needs. We forge strong partnerships with grassroots groups and initiatives, utilizing arts, culture, heritage, and knowledge production as tools for change.

To research especially in areas that impedes human development prognostically to proffer solutions and act accordingly, in intervention to benefit humanity.

A.M.I.E is an organisation that supports childeren across the world. The main goal is giving proper education and health services. The basis principle is that we only work with volunteers who have no financial benefit from the work they are doing, and that the help provided is efficient. Akwaaba Asuadei is one specific project of A.M.I.E. vzw. We support the Willy-Taylor Academy in Asuadei, Ghana. Our main goal is to provide qwalitative and affortable education for all kids in the Asuadei neighbourhood. The basis principle is that the local people are the owners of this project, we only support them. In the long run, we want to assist building out a selfsuficient school.

Vijana Tuungane is a youth-led NGO based in Western Kenya with a mission to: Empower young people through education and equip them with the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century. Bridge the digital divide in rural communities by providing children with access to computer and digital literacy education. Foster innovation, creativity, and critical thinking in young minds by equipping them with technology skills. Prepare students for future careers by ensuring they have the foundational knowledge and confidence to participate meaningfully in the digital world. Vijana Tuungane envisions a future where every child in Western Kenya has the opportunity to develop their full potential in a technology-driven world.

We promote youth's potential to address community challenges through establishing social enterprises, acquiring digital and vocational skills, and job placements. We target the youth from the disenfranchised rural and urban communities.

Koinonia Education Centre is a school dedicated to providing a comprehensive and holistic education for the children in Kenya, Maai Mahiu and its surroundings. Our journey began in the Kibagare slums, west of Nairobi in 2003. In this overcrowded area and similarly in many rural towns of Kenya, devoid of basic amenities, children face harsh realities like crime, abuse, and a lack of educational opportunities. Founded in 2003 as a kindergarten for underprivileged children in Kibagare, Koinonia Education Centre grew alongside its students, becoming what it is today. To accommodate the increasing demand for space and classrooms, we relocated to Maai Mahiu in 2020, continuing our mission to serve the community's children.

To empower communities in all their diversities with the right tools, skills, and resources to enable them to access the right early literacy development programs