April 13, 2011
(CNN) -- In Kenya's giant Mathare slums poverty and crime are widespread. But youngsters there are getting a chance to realize their potential -- by learning ballet.
Mathare, in Nairobi, may seem like an unlikely place for ballerinas in training, but around 40 students living in the tough neighborhood take beginner lessons once a week with instructor Mike Wamaya.
"It's new and it's what they like," Wamaya explained. "And it's what they never believe they could have ever done."
The instructor says learning ballet could help change these children's lives.
"It's a chance for kids from slums to learn how to dance ballet, even if just basics -- a chance to be yourself and a chance to interact and express yourself in an artistic way," he continued.
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