Education Kenya Project #3632

Transform Lives of African Youth by Making Films

by Hot Sun Foundation

Transform Lives of African Youth by Making Films

Project Report | Dec 29, 2014
My Best Decision

By Erasto Walter | Trainee, Hot Sun Foundation Advanced Film Project

Erasto, camera for Advanced Film Project

My name is Erasto. I graduated from Hot Sun Film School in 2011. I am currently a freelance filmmaker. I mostly get camera and editing jobs. I worked for USAID for 6 months as a photographer and videographer thanks to the practical training offered at Hot Sun Foundation.

One of the best decisions I have ever made was to join Hot Sun Foundation. The skills I acquired there have helped me become financially stable. My training at Hot Sun Foundation has expanded my horizons by enabling me to travel and to meet some very influential personalities.

I am back at Hot Sun Foundation now as a camera person on the Advanced Film Project. This is my first major film. The other films I have worked on were short films. This project is really going to test my stamina.

We are using advanced equipment that I am really excited about because knowing how to use a gimble and go pro camera elevates my skill set and sets me apart from the average camera person in Kenya.

I am privileged to be a part of the Hot Sun Foundation Advanced Film Project. The script is awesome and I do not think there has ever been a movie like this made in Kenya. This project is going beyond limitations in the Kenyan film industry.

Without support of global givers like all of you, I wouldn’t be here today. Your support made it possible for me.

But what about all the other youth, coming behind me, wanting the same opportunities? What about them? They will be left out with no filmmaking training opportunity without your support.

More support than ever is needed. Hot Sun Foundation’s major grant ends THIS YEAR…

So it’s over to you… to provide MORE filmmaking training opportunities for MORE youth like me!

Donate any amount at www.goto.gg/3632

Thanks!

Best wishes to you and your families in the holiday season.

Erasto and his grandma at graduation

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Dec 17, 2014
Opportunities to Excel

By Grace Akatch | Intern

Grace, Hot Sun Foundation media intern

I am Grace, a journalism major at United States International University and a social media intern at Hot Sun Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. My attraction to Hot Sun Foundation comes from two areas of interest to me, my love for media related projects and for poverty eradication from the slums of Nairobi.

As a young person living in Nairobi, I see firsthand how our youth lack opportunities to excel. Our streams for success are very narrow. There is little government help and when one is not from a stable background it can be grinding to maximize your potential. It’s easier to get lost in casual labour, drugs and idling about.

I am grateful that Hot Sun Foundation provides the youth of Kibera and elsewhere the platform to be able to venture into the world of film. Most of the graduates I have spoken to invariably say, the film industry is not where they thought they would end up, not for any other reason but for the fact that film seemed a lofty dream. I admire the founders. Kenya is not one of the easiest places to work in as the government, as is the case elsewhere in the world, can be a very limiting factor.

With organizations such as Hot Sun Foundation it is refreshing to see a non-profit that is contributing with long term effects at hand. One of the graduates I have interacted with confessed to being a criminal before seeing the benefits of adhering to the classes at Hot Sun Foundation. That means he is no longer terrorizing his community. That means he can earn a legal living. A neighborhood with one less criminal has a great ripple effect.

I am happy to support Hot Sun Foundation in whatever way I can.

I am reaching out to all of you, on GlobalGiving, sharing my thoughts and asking you to support this amazing and very challenging work.

Will Hot Sun Foundation be able to continue to offer filmmaking training to urban slum youth?

That depends on YOU.

Hot Sun Foundation’s major grant ends this year.

Your end of the year gift can make the difference for talented youth who have stories to tell.

Give whatever you can… or even a little bit more!

Donate at http://www.goto.gg/3632

Happy Holidays and THANKS!

Grace with Hot Sun Foundation trainees on location

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Dec 2, 2014
What if?

By Pamela Collett | Communications

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