The PhotoBridge Project

Kenya
Guillaume Binet

The PhotoBridge Project partnered with Inuka Cultural Centre in Kibera, Nairobi, to showcase the power of creativity and resilience. Through Guillaume Binet’s lens, these images highlight how young people turn art into a tool for dignity, empowerment, and community change.

Kenya – Inuka Cultural Centre

In the heart of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, young people are carving out spaces of hope and expression. At the Inuka Cultural Centre, dance floors double as safe havens, capoeira circles become classrooms, and girls’ empowerment groups spark new possibilities for the future.

In July 2025, The PhotoBridge Project worked with photographer Guillaume Binet to capture these moments of resilience and creativity. His images tell the story of a community where art is more than performance — it is a language of resistance, pride, and possibility.

The stories revealed here show how young people and their families, despite material challenges, find dignity and outlet through creative expression in street dance and capoeira. They are also a testament to the determination of Inuka’s founders and the deep-rooted strength of the Kibera community.

About Inuka Cultural Centre

The Inuka Cultural Centre, based in Kibera, Nairobi, is a community hub where young people come together to learn, create, and grow.

Through dance, capoeira, music, and storytelling, Inuka offers safe spaces for children and youth to build confidence, develop skills, and strengthen community bonds. A central part of its mission is empowering girls and young women — providing mentorship, education, and platforms for leadership that help them challenge inequality and imagine new futures. Beyond performance, the centre promotes resilience and social change, turning creativity into a force for transformation across the community.

About the Photographer

Guillaume Binet is a co-founder of the PhotoBridge Project and the Paris-based agency MYOP. His documentary work has taken him from the Arab Spring to conflicts in the Middle East, Yemen, and Ukraine, and he has collaborated widely with international media and humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and Action Against Hunger. In addition to covering politics and global crises, he explores more personal and poetic themes, most notably in his award-winning book L’Amérique des écrivains – Road trip. His journalistic work was recognized with two POYi (Pictures of the Year International) awards in 2012.

Acknowledgment

This portfolio was made possible through the generous support of the Someone Else’s Child Foundation, whose sponsorship helps ensure these powerful stories are seen and heard far beyond Kibera.