March 30st, 2009
Great news! Ruth Fluevog from Fluevog shoes and boots has committed to donate $2,000 per month to Up With Hope from April until December 2009. This will make a huge impact on the youth groups from Nairobi that are trying to improve their communities.
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February 1st, 2009
Based on the incredible success from the Up With Hope art show hosted by the Centre A gallery, we have now raised enough money to return to Nairobi, Kenya to continue our project of improving the living conditions for those living in the slums. We will be working in two new areas of Nairobi: Mathare and Makadara in addition to Kibera.
We will be working with over 25 new youth groups in these areas that will be forming local networks to battle the waste problems that plague Nairobi. This is going to be an exciting project to be a part of and it has been made possible because of all those that have been so helpful in this whole fundraising process.
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January 25, 2009
We are proud to announce that the Up With Hope art show was a terrific success! We managed to raise over $12,000 dollars from photo sales, drinks and donations. It was amazing to see so many people come out to Centre A for this event and enjoy themselves.
Sean, Nathaniel, Justin and the rest of the EYA organization would like to thank all those that helped make the event such a success.
Here's a link to a Granville Online article done about the show
And here are photos of the event taken by photographer Dio Cruz
We would especially like to thank: Marina Kamalova, Emma Bonnemaison, Jenn Cheon, Robin Goulding, Mike Batty and Fine Art Framing, Bryce Tarling and Artona Studios, DJs Seko & Skilly, Corbin Murdoch and the Nautical Miles, The Sappers, Noelene McHugh and International Pacific Sales, Jeremy and Jennifer Hicks, The Original Cakerie, Gourmet Baker, Enterprise Paper, Freybe Gourmet Foods, PriceSmart Foods, Sunrich Foods, MarkCrest Foods, Van Houtte Coffee, Jennifer McHugh and Pederson's Rentals, Grimm's Fine Foods, Mary Lou McHugh and Sandy Fryatt. All of these people were instrumental in making the event happen.
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December 20, 2008
Centre A Gallery is hosting an exhibition of the photographs taken by the Kibera youth. Please join us for this evening full of beautiful art, live music and drinks.
Date/Time: January 23rd, 2009 from 6pm until late.
Place: 2 W. Hastings St. (At Carrall)
Music: Corbin Murdoch & the Nautical Miles, Showgears, DJ Seko and Skilly
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November 11, 2008
We would like to thank Pascale and Dominiek Lepoutre for organizing a fundraiser in Brussels, Belgium that raised approximately $2,500 for the Up with Hope project.
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