CREATE SAFE SPACES
THAT SPARK CHANGE

Educates

Dance enables children and youth to learn key social-emotional skills, building emotional intelligence and resilience essential for personal and academic growth.

Educates

A powerful tool for mental health and emotional release. A safe outlet for children and youths to process trauma and release stress, anxiety, and anger.

Educates

Dance builds self-confidence and decision-making skills, empowering children and youths with a sense of self-worth and agency in their communities.

Welcome to
Chezacheza

We are a Kenyan non-profit that transforms lives through the power of dance. We create safe spaces where children and youth in vulnerable communities can grow, connect, and thrive, building social and emotional strength. Through dance, we educate, heal, and empower the now and next generations.

Light

We want to create safe spaces where you feel you’re growing, where you belong, and where you can make mistakes. We can build strong minds and work to change the environment. Everything starts with the mind.

—Franco Odhiambo

Co-founder
ChezaCheza

Community

We provide Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) through dance sessions for children led by trained community youth champions.

Happy Schools

Movement and SEL are helping teachers rediscover joy in teaching while students become more engaged learners.

All Stars

Our talented dancers have open pathways to professional dance, performance, and income generation where passion becomes livelihood.

1,800

KIDS
PER
WEEK

3,165

COMMUNITY CLASSES PROVIDED

2,100

SCHOOL
CLASSES
PROVIDED

45

SCHOOLS
REACHED

17

DANCE
HUBS

2,100

STAFF
MEMBERS

Our
Partners