Shravan Vidyarthi

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Shravan Vidyarthi is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker from Kenya. His photography has been commissioned by the United Nations, CARE International, and The Norwegian Refugee Council. His films have screened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the United Nations, Columbia University, and in The New York Times.

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From Prison to Pitch

After spending four years in prison for armed robbery, Kuria Eddie Wamuiya emerged a changed man. Determined to make something of himself, he joined the Jericho All Stars, a football league team and community-based organisation for youths in the Jericho Estate in Nairobi.

By Shravan Vidyarthi - 2 July 2010 - Multimedia

Posts by: Shravan Vidyarthi


A Coach with a Vision

Once a striker with Lusaka Dynamos, Collins Akatama was blinded in 1997 and was forced to relinquish any dreams he may have had of pursuing a career in soccer. More than a decade later, Akatama has been praised for the role he has played as a coach and mentor to hundreds of young boys between the ages of 10 and 20.

By Shravan Vidyarthi - 16 June 2010 - Future stars and yesterday's heroes, Multimedia