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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How would you define culture? When you think about the culture within which you live, ascribe to and practice perhaps you think about your nationality, your ethnic background or religious affiliations to provide definition. You consider the language you speak, the events and milestones your honor, even the food that you eat – its preparation [...]

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Would you like to know the real impact of an SFH Sponsorship? Read these stories of some of our graduates and understand just how powerful the transformation can be! *Names have been changed to protect the privacy of our beneficiaries

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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 [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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