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LEWA Children's Home is located in Kenya, 5 hours north west of Nairobi in a town called Eldoret. The Children's Home was founded in 1972 by a Kenyan woman, Phyllis Keino. She has expanded the home to include a dairy farm and a school which accommodates 800 students, including those from the home and the surrounding community.

LEWA Children's home currently has over 100 orphans with 40 more being sponsored within the community. The children usually arrive when they are babies and have been abandoned or orphaned. Most often, they are quite malnourished, and physically and developmentally far behind.

Once a child enters the home, it becomes their permanent residence and provides a safe environment and the stability required during their childhood.

All proceeds from the Kwantlen auction will go towards the LEWA children's school fees and supplies, because education is the hope for a better and sustainable future.

Kwantlen University College, Opus and Vancouver artists have begun the New Year by participating in a fundraiser for an orphanage in Kenya.

Spearheaded by Sibéal Foyle, Chair of Visual Arts at Kwantlen University College, the exhibition and silent auction will feature works by Kwantlen University College students and the faculty, as well as Vancouver artists Arnt Arntzen, Richard Tetrault, Margaretha Bootsma, Peter Pierobon, Scott McBride, Kent Anderson and many more!

Opus Framing & Art Supplies have donated the cradled panels for this fundraiser.The project, which will include up to one hundred individual 9"x12" panels, features unique and original works of art. The artists have free reign to respond to each panel in whatever material they choose. There will be paintings, sculptural and mixed media interpretations.

All works will be up for silent auction and the goal is to raise $10,000 for the LEWA Children's Home.

The works will be exhibited from Thursday, March 1 to Thursday, March 22, 2007 at the Kwantlen Art Gallery at the Surrey Campus located at 12666-72nd Avenue, Surrey, B.C.

The panels can also be viewed online here and at http://picasaweb.google.com/KenyaAuction

SILENT AUCTION:

The works will be auctioned off to the public, silent auction style on Saturday, March 24th at the studio gallery of Peter Pierobon at 716 E. Hastings, Vancouver from 7:00-9:00pm. There will be a cash bar and food. 100% of proceeds go to the orphanage. For more details you can contact Lise Ellyin at Kenya_auction@hotmail.com