Started in 2008, Ghetto Classics is a community programme that involves over 300 children in Korogocho – one of Kenya’s biggest slums that is home to about 300,000 urban poor.
Through music they provide the youth with opportunities to better for themselves and their community. I spent a couple of Sunday afternoons capturing these amazing souls in the moment. These portrait series focuses on these growing talents.
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Cornell Odhiambo, 17 years old, trombone
Derrick Onyango, 13 years old, cello
Betty Mwende, 15 years old, trumpet
Teddy Otieno, 15 years old, Tuba
Wycliffe Otieno, 15 years old, saxophone
Euniver Atieno, 10 years old, flute
Fabian Ochieng, 13 years old, trumpet
Gibson Peter Wanyoike, 14 years old, violin
Betty Mwende, 15years old, trumpet
Euniver Atieno, 10 years old, flute
Lamech Ochieng, 15 years old, violin
