The online exhibition is geared towards showcasing and auctioning the various paintings with magnificent storytelling to art lovers and donors looking to purchase the art pieces and support the foundation. SlumArt ArtExhibition SlumArtFoundation
In commemoration of United Nations Youths World Skills Day, Slum Art foundation, in collaboration with we FOR GOOD organisation and One Delta Africa, has engaged in an online art exhibition to showcase the unique works of art done by children living within the Slum in Ijora Badia, Lagos.
Speaking on the project, Co-founder, Slum Art Foundation and four-time Guinness World Record holder, Adetunwase Adenle, said the online exhibition is driven by the present reality of digital and online engagement in a COVID-19 era in ensuring that art lovers worldwide are able to experience the paintings done by the children living with the slum.
Also speaking on the exhibition, representative of One Delta Africa, Shade Oni Faari, expressed gratitude to the efforts by Slum Art foundation team in empowering children within the ijora badia slum with useful skillsets and taking them off the streets. Rising youth unemployment is one of the most significant problems facing economies and societies in today’s world, for developed and developing countries alike. The latest Global Employment Trends for Youth 2020: Technology and the future of jobs shows that since 2017, there has been an upward trend in the number of youth not in employment, education or training .
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