Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 21:
Uweza Foundation was founded in 2008.<ref name=":2" /> Its founder had moved to the country and married a local man after visiting Kenya to volunteer at a children's home in the Kibera slum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-06 |title=In Nairobi, Naperville native Jennifer Sapitro helps Kenyans fulfill their artistic dreams |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/6/23516603/nairobi-kenya-jennifer-sapitro-uweza-foundation-kibera |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2011, Uweza Foundation merged with Faces of Kibera, a charity founded by [[Rooney Mara]].<ref name=":1" /> Faces of Kibera aimed to provide housing, food, and medical care for orphans by building an orphanage in the region.<ref name="JournalNews">Serico, Chris (August 16, 2010). "[http://www.lohud.com/article/20100816/ENTERTAINMENT/100816004/1164/entertainment/Meet%20Rooney%20Mara+,%20she+'s%20not%20just%20following%20in%20her%20sister+'s%20footsteps Meet Rooney Mara, she's not just following in her sister's footsteps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205045609/http://www.lohud.com/article/20100816/ENTERTAINMENT/100816004/1164/entertainment/Meet%20Rooney%20Mara+,%20she+'s%20not%20just%20following%20in%20her%20sister+'s%20footsteps|date=February 5, 2015}}". ''[[The Journal News]]''. Retrieved on August 16, 2010.</ref> The charity received fundraising support from NFL teams under Mara's leadership.<ref name="Post-Gazette">"[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08346/934457-66.stm Steelers, Giants memorabilia auctioned to help Kenyan orphans]". December 11, 2008. ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''. Retrieved on December 11, 2008.</ref> Mara had started the charity after she visited the area as a volunteer in 2006 and was moved to help the orphans, many of whom had lost parents to AIDS and HIV-related illnesses. She started her charity out of frustration with the growing number of nonprofits that she viewed as just business opportunities: "The people who need help aren't really getting it. So I started my own", she told ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine in 2009.<ref name="InterviewMag">Martin, Michael. "[http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/rooney-mara/ Rooney Mara]". ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]''. Retrieved on June 25, 2009.</ref>
In 2022, Uweza Foundation collaborated with ROAM Gallery and Xtina Parks to showcase work by Kibera artists at the [[Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art|Museum of Contemporary Art]] in [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=The Berkshire |date=2022-05-26 |title=5 gallery shows to see in the Berkshires over Memorial Day weekend |url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_culture/arts-theater/5-gallery-shows-berkshires-memorial-day-weekend/article_a263f9a4-dc3b-11ec-a5e8-97e53c37766e.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=The Berkshire Eagle |language=en}}</ref>
|