Dear First name / Friend of Harambee Arts,

 

As Harambee Arts Kenya and Harambee Arts Nepal move into a new year, we carry with us the faces, stories, and laughter of the thousands of children, women and men who have found safety, expression, and hope through our work.

 

Your belief in our gentle, creative approach brings light to communities facing unimaginable challenges—basic survival, poverty, and fear.

Because of you, children who once felt invisible now paint their stories in color.

Because of you, women who were isolated and had lost their voices now gather in circles of strength and sisterhood.

 

Joy returns. Hope returns. Life returns.

 

Tumeshukuru means “we are grateful” in Swahili.

 

As this year comes to an end, we invite you to stand with us once again, reminding every child and adult we meet that they are seen, valued, and loved.

 

From our hearts to yours,

TUMESHUKURU.
 

-Gloria Simoneaux, Founder

In Nepal, we stand alongside partners who rescue and rehabilitate girls escaping trafficking—offering safety, compassion, and a path forward. Our work also reaches HIV+ women, women in the entertainment industry, disabled children, and children at severe risk of exploitation. Across both countries, we meet each person with dignity, hope, and the belief that healing is possible.

In Kenya, our team is deeply present in communities where support is needed most: with children in the Kibera and Mathare slums, teens seeking emotional stability, and parents and grandparents who long for connection. We also bring creative healing to autistic and special-needs children and to HIV+ women prisoners whose courage inspires us daily.

Our participants face profound challenges—poverty, violence, incarceration, trafficking, illness, and other crises.

Thanks to your generosity, they gain the support and skills to rebuild their lives and become confident, ethical, and socially responsible members of their communities.

 

 

$50 pays for art supplies for 2 weeks for 200 children

$70 pays for snacks for 2 weeks for girls in the safe house

$100 pays one staff member's stipend for two weeks of leading sessions

$150 pays for art supplies for 2 weeks for 600 children

$250 supports one staff member's stipend for a month to lead sessions

$500 supports two staff members to lead sessions for a month