James created Foundation of Hope, a place where vulnerable youths find their place in society through dance.
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00:00I like these dances because it tells the story of where I live.
00:18What I like most in this dance is because it makes me active in the society.
00:26When it comes to mental health, if you dance, maybe you can forget many of your problems.
00:50My name is James Shisia Amwaye.
00:52I'm 29 years old.
00:55I'm a dancer by profession.
00:58I teach dance in the Foundation of Hope.
01:02We saw many youths, they are having many talents here in Kibera.
01:08So we overthink, like you can do maybe an outreach so that you can capture many youths.
01:15We are helping a number of children and youth.
01:20I can start with the children from the age of 6 to 17, then 18 to 35.
01:32I do all kinds of dances, like ballet, contemporary, Afrofusion, African dance, Latino.
01:40I like traditional dance because African dance is my culture and it's good to explore what
01:46you feel.
02:03We have many challenges.
02:04We have some of the children there in the organization.
02:07Some of them, they are HIV positive.
02:10Some of them, their parents cannot feed them.
02:13They cannot give them shelter.
02:16So we take them to the organization to take good care of them.
02:25My happy moment, it will come when I see some of them, my students, they are in a good position
02:32in life.