Helping young genocide survivors with his lockdown art

Every day, throughout 2020 and lockdown, David created a small (A5 or A4) drawing or painting. His mission was to sell them for £10 each to raise vital funds for Rwandan charity Acts of Gratitude (AOG) which trains and supports young survivors of the 1994 genocide in setting up social enterprises.

David, who has lived in Billingshurst since 1977, volunteered in Rwanda for six months to help set up AOG’s social enterprise training programme.

The programme, now supported by the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, is responsible for training 200 social entrepreneurs who have created 1,000 jobs in a country affected by high youth unemployment.