Empowering girls through education & art

We help girls affected by HIV stay in school​

Your support provides school fees, emotional care, and monthly creative workshops that build confidence and healing. 

Girls affected by HIV

EXHIBITION . MAY  2026. GENEVA

I exhibited at Un'Alike

For Un’Alike, I presented a series of pastel landscapes exploring light, water, and atmosphere.

My work often begins with places I know—Geneva, Kenya, moments of travel—but it quickly moves beyond what is seen. I am interested in how a place feels, and how that feeling can be held through colour, space, and simplicity.

Alongside my painting, I run art sessions with young people living with HIV in Kenya, open to all to join online once a month. It reminds me that art does not need to be perfect or complete—it needs to be honest, and it needs to be felt.

 

Un’Alike Expo

ART WITH PURPOSE

Each painting sold funds a girl's education or an art session

Original pastels inspired by healing, landscape, and human strength. Commissions are available for personal or corporate spaces.

CHF 150.00
Gelise McCullough Horizon Marin Pastel sec 13x18 cm
CHF 280.00
Gelise McCullough La Maison du Rivage Pastel sec 20x30cm
CHF 280.00
Gelise McCullough Braises d’Automne Pastel à l'huile 20x30cm
CHF 280.00
Gelise McCullough Éveil Sauvage Pastel sec 20x30cm

HOW IT WORKS

Two ways your support changes a life

Education Sponsorship

Art & Healing

OUR IMPACT

Small acts of art, measurable change

Behind every number is a girl who stayed in school, found her voice, and discovered what she is capable of.

120+

Girls kept in school

School fees, uniforms, books and meals covered

20+

Art & healing workshops

Monthly sessions in collage, painting and storytelling

10+

Community mentors

Trusted local women guiding each program

$20k+

Raised through paintings

Every original pastel funds a girl’s education

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ABout us

Showing up since 2011 — with crayons, care, and school supplies

What began as a few art sessions has grown into a mission to keep girls affected by HIV in school and surrounded by people who believe in them.

"I create with what I have — to say what needs to be said, in the most honest way I can."
— Gelise McCullough
"Now I mentor others. I am who I needed when I was younger.”
Girls affected by HIV
— Nancy, 29
“I stayed in school because someone I didn’t know believed in me.”
Education sponsorship Kenya
— Gloria, 19
“Art helped me speak when I had no words.”
Art therapy for healing
— Yvonne, 20

Yvonne in five words

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Sponsor a girl. Change a life.

A one-time gift or monthly support keeps a girl in school and brings creativity, care, and confidence to her week.

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