Non-profit · Kampala, Uganda

Elseed Art Foundation

Elseed Art Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports communities in the slums of Kampala, using sustainable solutions that give hope and dignity to the most vulnerable people.

“A paintbrush can change a child’s future.”

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Children painting together at an Elseed Art Foundation workshop

A child holding a painting of zebras made at a workshop

Why it started

Elseed found art as a young man in the slums of Kampala, at an NGO that gave youth from the ghetto a place to create. Art gave him a voice and a living. The foundation is how he passes that chance on to children growing up on the same kind of streets. Read Elseed’s story →

What the foundation does

Young children painting on the floor during a workshop

Art workshops for kids

A mobile art project that travels across East Africa, reaching disadvantaged children and youth. They get brushes, canvases and a voice, and their talents become their power.

A boy proudly holding his gorilla painting

Confidence & hope

For a few hours the worries of poverty disappear. Blank canvases become colorful stories, and shy smiles grow into confidence.

Everyday help

Meals for children who wait just to receive a single meal, and simple essentials like solar lights for children and families in the community.

A single meal

For them, it’s about survival

Somewhere, children are standing in the rain, cold and shivering, waiting patiently just to receive a single meal. For them it’s not about choice or preference. A full plate means everything.

The foundation helps bring meals to children who need them most.

Meet the young artists

These little hands asked for a chance

Today, these little hands weren’t asking for toys. They were asking for a chance to dream, to create, and to believe they are capable of something beautiful.