A group of artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo have transformed waste management into a socially charged creative movement.
In 2018 they founded Ndaku and La Vie est Belle, an initiative that recovers discarded materials to give them new life in the form of sculptures and costumes.
With these creations, they tour the neighbourhoods of Kinshasa, organising parades that combine artistic spectacle and denunciation of excessive consumption and the absence of effective recycling policies.
The pieces, made from plastic, scrap metal and textile waste, aim to raise awareness of the impact of urban waste on everyday life.
The movement is not limited to parades: it also promotes workshops and activities that encourage neighbourhood participation and foster collective creativity.
In this way, art becomes a means of resistance, denunciation and community unity in the face of one of the country's greatest environmental challenges.
Source: @econewses