”Sarakasi” is the Kiswahili word for Circus or Acrobatics. Sarakasi Trust is a performing arts development organization and its main purpose is to respond to the need for further development and growth in the cultural and performing arts (entertainment) sector as well as economic, entrepreneurial and social support of young people from the informal settlements and the low income areas in and around the major cities in Kenya. Sarakasi provides social development, outreach training and capacity building and cultural exchange programs, and implements special programs such as the Talanta training (involving deaf performing artists), the Smiles for Change Project (bringing edutainment to hospitalized children and children in homes and remand homes), monthly musicians workshops, artist agency activities and the implementation of its own cultural agenda at the Sarakasi Dome.
