The school in Tanzania is now open!!!
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DO & BE Classroom
Hello my Friends, Family and Collectors!
The money that will be donated now will be spent on class room projector, solar panels, Polaroid cameras and film!
I will personally bring all these stuff to Tanzania, this coming February 2025!
Again I want to ask You for your support! This time for a trip with a non profit organization Bella Esperanza that has built an orphanage school in an African country, Tanzania, and now asked me to paint a mural on their school.
I will paint a Saint Lion. The trip will be from Sept 24 to October 4. I really happy I was asked to go with them as this has been my dream my whole life. I always hope that through my art I can change the world to be a better place for all everyone and everything that exists on our beautiful home, the planet earth.
But facing the reality, and just thinking about the conditions some kids face makes me cry!
THAT KIDS OUT THERE DON`T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS BRAKES MY HEART. OUCH.
As you might know last year I embarked on a long distance bicycle charity trip from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. A trip to raise money for AldeaDeCreanca a nonprofit organization that opens after school programs for kids in Rio de Janeiro from Favelas.
My friend Edward, Pixie (my little Pomerania dog) and I bicycled for two weeks and we raised $1000 which we donated to the staff of the school to pay for their expenses like lunches, books and teachers fees, etc. Im very happy about the experience and want to do more!
Now this year again, I'm presented with an opportunity to help kids in need. Sending you this message I feel both humbled and grateful to have you in my community. Everything that I do in my art is in the effort of changing the world.
Some of you may not know my full back story, but one of the biggest influences in my early life when growing up in Russia, was the moment I learned about kids in Africa who were struggling to have access to water. I saw images of children desperate to receive the most basic needs - and it impacted me and drove me to create a platform to change the world.
So naturally when I was presented with the opportunity to travel to Tanzania and be a part of nonprofit organization, I was elated! When they reached out, it resonated deeply inside of me. And right away, I realized I must use this moment and started to do all I can to go and make an impact! Bella Ezperenza - which in Spanish means “Beautiful Hope” helps orphans have a real chance for life. They initially asked me to come and paint a mural, but the idea evolved to create an art class room, DO & BE Studio. (Denis OUCH & Bella Esperanza) Now we believe that it will give real chances to kids to learn how to do art and earn money.
This is a opportunity of a lifetime for me - to travel and influence these kids in a BIG way, my way.
I am asking you to be part of this with me. If you find it in your heart to support this mission to go to Africa to support kids, please consider donating to this cause.
The money will be used for all necessary supplies and for this classroom/studio, airfare, and shipping all equipment to Tanzania. A silk screening classroom for kids will be used to create their own designs and to screen print their t-shirts and other art. Which we, Bella Esperanza and Denis OUCH, will inventory , promote and sale on our social & retail platforms. All proceeds will go directly to each kid through Bella Esperanza Foundation. I want to use my time helping these children learn about my story, and to create art that will - in my wildest dreams - change their lives.
If you would consider participating through a donation in any way, you have no idea how much it would mean both to me, and to the 80 orphans in Tanzania who I will be spending time with. There is a saying —- it only takes ONE person —- to transform a life when someone is a child. I hope to God that I am able to be that person for them. And in doing so, or many more.
As my token of appreciation each donor, depending on the amount donated will receive a special one of a kind , numbered and signed artwork in the mail in October/November this year.
Also , to increase chances to materialize this project I decided to start a promo on all of OUCH art!
Now and till October 4th you can purchase my works with a 25% discount. Just use code "DO&BETANZANIA"
To learn more about the project and the school please visit this page:
With my love,
Denis Ouch
Organizer
Denis Ouch
Organizer
Brooklyn, NY