Stories From The Field

DRAMA FOR LIFE
by Catherine Hanna
This summer I had the opportunity to conduct the fourth program of the Seeds for Hope, “For Life” Arts for Empowerment Series with Kibera Girls Soccer Academy. In the summer of 2008 I taught “Poetry for Life“. In 2009 I taught “Creativity for Life” during the summer and Pete Fedak taught, [...]

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This summer I had the opportunity once again to join Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Kibera, Kenya, as a Seeds for Hope Teaching Artist volunteer. I created and implemented a follow-up program to the program I taught last year, “Poetry for Life”. This year we called the program, “Creativity for Life”. “Creativity for life” was [...]

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Life in Nairobi has been bounteous, as can be expected from the trend of my other African tales. I am particularly overwhelmed by the people that seem to come into my path. Between Helen, individuals I had the privilege to volunteer with through Invisible Children, and now here in Nairobi, I am in rare company. [...]

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