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.
“CNN anchor Zain Asher features Slum Art Foundation’s bespoke recycled paper collage portraits live on international television for #MyFreedomDay.”
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.
Educator, Visual Artist & 4-Time Guinness World Record Holder
“Talent exists in every corner of the world, but opportunity does not. We ensure a child born in a slum never feels their dreams are capped by their environment.”
In 2018, Adetunwase began clearing thousands of discarded plastic bottles choking the Lagos lagoon. Upcycling 50,000+ bottles into Nigeria’s first solar-powered floating art academy, he created a sanctuary where street-vulnerable youth master fine art and enterprise—using artwork sales to fund 100% of their formal primary and secondary schooling.
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.
“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.
Are you looking for a way to make a real impact? Join our team of artists, mentors, and educators empowering 5,000 children to create the world's largest collaborative comic book and set new world records.
Discover museum-grade collage portraits and sustainable crafts created by talented children across Nigeria's floating lagoon communities.
View Gallery & ShopStep into our living creative sanctuary in Lagos. Documenting daily community life, the Pet Bottle School, mentor-led masterclasses, and children transforming scrap materials into global art.
Eco-Architecture
Inside the world's first classroom constructed from upcycled plastic bottles in Ijora-Badia, where slum children learn, paint, and create daily under the natural daylight bottle canopy.
Creative Sanctuary
Mentors, community advocates, and educators gather inside the bottle classroom to nurture young talents away from street exploitation and child labor.
Youth Scholar
From shoreline vulnerability to empowered youth artists. Slum Art scholars discover purpose, pride, and life-changing livelihoods through fine art training and mentorship.
Civic Leadership
Founder Adetunwase Adenle presenting monumental upcycled paper collage portraits to civic leaders, celebrating student mastery and sustainable materials.
Fine Art Exhibition
Young scholars and mentors stand proudly beside their framed gallery-grade fine art creations, celebrating creative milestones and commercial recognition.
Waste-to-Art
Over 10,000 plastic bottles collected from polluted waterways upcycled into architectural walls—championing UN SDG 12, 14, and 17 in the heart of Lagos.
Female Leadership
Dedicated women educators and community leaders championing girls' education, creative leadership, and safe spaces across the Ijora-Badia slums.
Direct Impact
100% transparent educational funding: Corporate and patron partnerships provide tuition grants, school uniforms, and healthcare directly to the children and their families.
Dispatches from our Lagos floating atelier, Guinness World Record milestones, and the young scholars transforming reclaimed waste into museum masterpieces.
At Slum Art, we empower children in slums by teaching them art skills that help them express their stories and transform their futures.