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Hey guys, Amittai and Greg here! We are running 7 marathons in 7 days to raise money for The Mukuru Art Collective. On the 27th August, our journey will begin in the home of distance running, the town of Eldoret in the Great Rift Valley, and 7 days later we will finish at the Mukuru Collective studio in central Nairobi - 295.4km in total. We believe that Art has a unique power to transform lives. Based in the heart of a Nairobi ghetto, the Mukuru Art Collective provides young people with a safe space & a pathway out of addiction, crime & poverty; a pathway to earning an income through their paint brush. Mukuru Art Collective aims at fostering youth predisposition for art and reducing recidivism amongst those who have served terms in prison. The art collective regularly organises art exhibitions where pieces are sold. Revenues are used to cover operational costs with any profit going directly to the artists. Mukuru Art Collective currently counts 40 semi-professional artists below the age of thirty that continuously benefit from the collective's facilities & training to further improve their skills. The collective also hosts workshops for under 16’s in the community every weekend and during school holidays as a way of engaging their unsupervised time in a productive manner. This kids club helps shape the future generation of artists. "Our main aim is to fight the symptoms of poverty through art empowerment". The money raised will help support the collective in continuing their work in their community, helping change the lives of many young adults. The ultimate goal would be to support a European art tour for the young artists of Mukuru allowing them to get invaluable exposure outside of Kenya to continue the rapid growth of their careers. You can see more about the collective here - https://www.instagram.com/mukuruartcollective/ You can find updates on the Mission Mukuru by the following links... Strava https://www.strava.com/athletes/amittai https://www.strava.com/athletes/greg_jc IG https://www.instagram.com/amittai_/ https://www.instagram.com/gregjc9/ Amittai & Greg ❤️




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