Young dancers perform, during a Christmas ballet event in Kibera, one of the busiest neighborhoods of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. The ballet project is run by Project Elimu, a ...

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While Kibera is full of energy, it’s not an easy place to live. Doreen walks to her ballet class from her family’s cramped, two-room house. It’s a washing day, and drying clothes are strung up inside, ...

Nairobi, Kenya – Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, is often reduced to images of poverty – rusted tin rooftops, open sewers and overcrowded homes. But a community project is using ballet ...

The ballet project is run by Project Elimu, a community-driven nonprofit that offers after-school arts education and a safe space to children in Kibera. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun sets on the ...

Nairobi, Kenya - Kibera, Nairobi's largest informal settlement, is often reduced to images of poverty - rusted tin rooftops, open sewers and overcrowded homes. But a community project is using ballet ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun sets on the narrow streets of Africa’s largest informal settlement, children hurry to change from daily clothes into pointe shoes and other ballet gear.