The girls wrote their first song today all together. I could not be more proud.
Three days ago I started teaching the girls in Kibera music.
On the first day, I think I talked too much and too fast. Lectures were hard to sit through at 14 years old, I remember. I asked for questions and answered [...]
Entries Tagged as 'youth'
The composition
November 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: education · inspiration · kibera · nairobi · school · youth
Returning To Creativity
September 6th, 2009 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: education · hope · kibera · nairobi · theater · youth
Looking ahead
October 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I was raised up speaking Kiswahili (mostly Sheng) and Dholuo. So English pretty much came second after Kiswahili (”Swa” as it known here). My current residence is Wanyee, this is a small estate off Ngong Road in the city of Nairobi. Before i moved to Wanyee. I lived in Mathare [...]
Tags: dance · education · nairobi · youth
Life in Nairobi, July 2007
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
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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