he also had help from veronique decrop, a french woman who taught him to paint when he was in the camp>> translator: this is the first building, which was constructed in 1994. this is where we started giving art lessons. >> the project was funded by selling artworks produced at the ref refugee camp and through donations. the art lessons still continue today. the instructor is lao, who along side det is one of the school's original founders. >> translator: learning art improved my life and changed my personality. it gave me the strength to keep on going. i want to pass that on to the next generation of children learning art. >> det came to see each child had talent. they just expressed it differently. this led to the start of music course two years later. next he founded the circus course for children with physical talents. while he was at the refugee camp, det had also learned acrobatics from one of the staff working at a u.n. organization. but before teaching, he needed to learn more so he went and did a three month course in circus skills. the circus lessons for children began in 199