Dandora Boy is a children's book, written by Dominic Schunker for the Solomundo Foundation's 8020 Project, aiming to bring literacy to the poorest regions on Earth.
Life in the Korogocho slum goes on as normal for four 10-year-old friends, fetching water, doing chores and trying to find things that might be worth some money from the local Doma dumpsite.
Like most of us, they have their problems. James' parents might have to move to a farm in the country, Wesleys mum is sick and Hiltruds bff, Chantelle, needs a foot operation.
And then one day they meet a magical boy, Samuel, at Doma.
Samuel can disappear whenever he wants and when he asks them to go with him, they jump at the chance if it can change things, to get some money they wouldn't normally have.
They set off with Samuel on a bizarre trip that shows them worlds they couldn’t have imagined.
They travel hundreds of years into the past.
They become the size of a bug and skate on plant leaves.
Their trip teaches them how to read and write, teaches them about numbers, how to navigate, purify water, how to grow healthy plants and they hope it can show them how to get some money to help them.
When their travels finish, they realise they didn’t get any money to help the people they love and they are annoyed with themselves. Those wonderful places and nothing to show for it.
Then they realise, they did get plenty to show for it. Although their trip didn’t get them money, it did show them how to make money and how to make the world around them cleaner and safer for everybody.
So they start doing what Samuel showed them.
They purify their own water, grow their own plants and make the money they need to help everyone and also teach them how to do the same they are.
Take a look at the videos on our 8020 project as well:
The 8020 Project Goal
The Making of Dandora Boy
Korogocho, the Documentary
And donate to our project so we can do this more
Check out our 8020 website for more details
