From Shoreline Labor to Fine Art Mastery
“Before Slum Art, my days were spent fishing plastic from the water. Today my collage portraits pay my school tuition and I have a seat in a real classroom.”
In Ijora Badia, many children lack access to quality education. A gift of ₦43,750 supports a child’s education at Slum Art PET Bottle School, covering tuition, school uniforms, and daily hot meals.
“Before Slum Art, my days were spent fishing plastic from the water. Today my collage portraits pay my school tuition and I have a seat in a real classroom.”
Direct Educational Escrow
Zero admin overhead taken. Every gift is deployed directly into school fees, books, uniforms, and daily nutrition.
Trained daily by master artist Adetunwase Adenle, elevating shoreline labor into world-class exhibitions.
Solar-powered floating academy built from lagoon waste.
CHILDREN ELEVATED
Transitioned off shoreline scrap labor into accredited schools across Lagos.
STUDENTS GET EDUCATED
100% of enrolled students get educated with verified year-over-year graduation tracking.
Browse certified original handcrafted recycled paper collage portraits crafted by children (ages 8–15) living in Lagos slum communities. Each acquisition includes an embossed Certificate of Provenance signed by founder Adetunwase Adenle. 100% of proceeds fund school fees, nutritional feeding, and fine art materials.
4-time Guinness World Record holder Adetunwase Adenle and our young scholars transform your photo into an original fine-art portrait assembled entirely from hand-torn recycled magazines on archival museum board.
“Young artists honor CNN with over 200 portraits for #MyFreedomDay — CNN International broadcast featuring Slum Art Foundation’s recycled paper art academy in Lagos.”
Every artwork acquisition directly empowers young talents in Nigeria — funding tuition, daily hot meals, and fine art supplies across our Pet Bottle Schools with complete philanthropic transparency.
OFFICIAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ ATTEMPT • NIGERIA • RC: 139169
A STORY THAT BUILDS SCHOOLS AND CHANGES LIVES.
Created by children from Slum Art PET Bottle Schools under the artistic direction of 4× Guinness World Records holder Adetunwase Adenle.
This 28-page graphic novel celebrates Nigerian children's dreams and creativity. Every $1 contribution supports our mission to build 36 PET Bottle Schools, providing education, creative materials, and daily meals for underserved children.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ ATTEMPT
100% OF ALL COMIC BOOK PROCEEDS DIRECTLY FUND THIS ACADEMY
“Every single morning, thousands of children in Nigeria’s floating slums wake up with toxic plastic trash lapping at their doorsteps. With nowhere to learn, street children are forced into hazardous shoreline scrap scavenging just to afford a single meal.”
We refuse to let their childhood drown in garbage. Slum Art Foundation is hand-building Nigeria’s first solar-powered floating academy—stacked brick-by-brick out of 50,000+ recycled plastic bottles. We take the very waste choking our community and rebirth it as a sanctuary offering free primary education, hot nutritious meals, healthcare, and museum-grade fine art mentorship.
50,000 plastic bottles recovered from polluted lagoons are compacted and mortared into disaster-resilient classroom walls, turning an environmental crisis into children's desks.
Every child enrolled receives free accredited primary schooling, crested uniforms, schoolbooks, healthcare, and daily hot meals—taking them off the streets for good.
100% of proceeds from our Guinness World Record Comic Book fund this bottle school. A simple $1 pledge permanently inscripts your name into Guinness history and builds a child's future.