Award winning photographer Julius Mwelu Manyasi has been
nominated to carry the Olympics torch on Thursday as it passes through Norwich.
He will now join the other inspirational Kenyan Olympic torchbearers who include Legendary Paul Tergat, Nakumatts Holding MD Atul Shah, Kenya
National of Women with AIDS director Asunta Wagura, and 2010 CNN Heroes award
nominee and Anti-Jigger Campaigner Cecilia Mwangi.
Born and bred in the slums of Mathare, Mwelu is founder and artistic
director of the Mwelu Foundation. The foundation works to help youth in the
slum realize their potential through photography and film production.
He currently works as a photographer for the UN humanitarian
news agency IRIN based in Nairobi.
image credits: mwelu foundation
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