Promoting Substainable Educational Workshops in South Africa

After providing and buiding libraries and books shelves in Italy and Kenya in the last four years, Kabiliana is now ready to start its own projects in South Africa.
Teachers, educators  and parents who live  and work in disadvantaged environments (townships, locations), and would like to promote children activities such as substainable libraries and educational workshops can submit a request at
associazionesoggettonomade(AT)yahoo(DOT)com  to Valentina Acava Mmaka.
We are now interested in the Western Cape Area but we'll consider all submissions from whole South Africa.

EMPOWERING SUBSTAINABLE LIBRARIES

Since last year we have started an ambitious project in which we strongly believe, creating substainable libraries for the children who lives in the slums of Nairobi. The first Library we are creating is dedicated to the children of Jericho, a slum in Nairobi.
In January, when the school will be open again after Christamas Festivity, we 'll donate the first library that we managed to create thank's to donors who supported our cause with immense partecipation.
Still we would like to improve it and add more books.
Whoever would love to contribute please can send English or Kiswahili Books at previousely contacting me:
associazionesoggettonomade (AT) yahoo (DOT) com


We are sure of the success of such a project that is why we intend to continue creating a real net of Slum Libraries in Nairobi. So if now you can't contribute you can do it for the future.
Thank's to all.

I remind my new and old friends (educators, writers, teachers) that we are completing a booklet of scripts which illustrates in few lines (max 30 lines) e memoir of your first experience as a reader or anything which tells your relationship since your childhood, with books.

WRITERS TEACHERS PUBLISHERS... WE NEED YOUR VOICE FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Girls in Nairobi slum

As many of you already knows, we have started collecting books for building a library in Jericho Primary School in Nairobi, our aim is to reach a good amount of books within December, in order to gift the school. Thank's to Amy Bodden Bowllan and some other friends around the world, we have already received books and educational tapes. Thank you all.

TO WRITERS -PUBLISHERS - TEACHERS

I would like to ask to write a max 30 lines script dedicated to the students of Jericho Primary School where you expose the importance of reading, of having a library where to get lost through thepages of extraordinary adventures and also, if you wish, telling a significative episode of your childhood or teeneagerhood when you discovered the beauty of reading books. We'd like to donate the library together with a special "book" of letters from writers and publishers to stimulate the students and offer them a chance to share other's experiences.

Please who is willing to partecipate in this project can e-mail to associazionesoggettonomade (AT) yahoo (DOT)  com the script.

The deadline is the the 15th of November.

Street Children in Kenya... Artistical Projects

Africa News has interviewed author Valentina Acava Mmaka and artist Peter Kuria Asamba on their last projects: a performance " HABARI! A Tragi-comic journey from the slums of Nairobi to the slef occupied Italy", which puts into confrontation the contraddicitions of Italy in this 2009 and reverse all the negative aspects for which Africa and Kenya are usually represented in the western world, into a positive and true vision, and the artistical and social projects in Kenya with street children in Nairobi for who Soggetto Nomade /Kabiliana is working at the creation of a Socio Artistical Training Centre.

JERICHO PRIMARY SCHOOL NAIROBI

The Ofafa Jericho Primary School in Nairobi doesn't have a library. I met some of the students of the school, here you can see them, and they would really love to have books to read. We had a splendid time with Lavine, Mercy, Juliet, Lucy, Redenpter, Macline... they told me their dreams and their ambitions, how they would love to contribute to the growth of their ocuntry. They'd love to become doctors, teachers and journalist... very ambitious and very brillant, I've seen their excercise books, they have lovely marks even though their life in the slum is full of hardship. When they go home they help their mums, they wash their own clothes and help cooking and taking care of little brothers and sisters. They are lovely and they deserve to have access to books because they all believe that books will help them to open their mind and know what is around the world.

We have to thank Amy Bowllan, her generosity os gourgeous. Thank you Amy for what you do for our causes through your site SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL.

OneAreWe

As many of you knows I'm in Kenya where I'm collaborating with some organization for street children and also helping a group of artists in building a socio educational project to promote arts among the children and youth of the slums. I also started collaborating with a Kenyan non profit Association called ONEAREWE.
Last week I was brought by brother Ras Moray Mwariama, founder of the Association OneAreWe, to Karioua A and Karioua B, two slums of Nairobi whith a high concentration of street children. Here I met and her father and and her mother. They are two lovely girls that needs urgent surgery operation to get recovered from two bad accidents and to start a new life please read the letter below.

OneAreWe
Streets Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund

One Are We Association is an association of artists legally recognized by the Kenyan Government (Reg.gk-Soc.Rule 1968 – Rule 4 – Coz 95587/26612). It was founded 15 years ago by Ras Moray Mwariama and today can count on his wife's, Marzia Sordoni, precious collaboration.
One Are We main goals are to enrich the youth, children awareness, education exchange, vocational training and initiating sustainable development projects to the benefit of all in society, this is based on Government strategic plans like poverty reduction.
Street youth empowerment is another thing we focus on, this is a main point of our association, where members resolve to utilize every resource they have to bring back the hope of a decent life to the whole street youth located in various African cities. This according to the members can only be achieved when there is oneness hence the name One Are We that simply means we are one.
One Are We is a strong Association and positive, spiritually strong which is here to bring the oneness through life understanding and ready to work with everyone as long is positive, trying to finish poverty through our own ways because we know that only the work of our hands shall free us giving work free for those who need it and bringing people together and being non political.
During the past years our projects have been many and various all focused on the streets. Through many events we have fundraised for children and sponsoring many of them by giving them an education and starting small businesses for entire families in order to help them live a more decent and better life.
This is an Organization founded by Ras Moray that during the past years has been a volunteer doing much with various organizations both private and Governmental. He has been visiting Government Rehabilitation Centres, Children’s Remands, Children Homes, teaching students that attend Universities Nairobi and Catholic Universities as well giving medical treatments through clinics to the streets.
The main project of One Are We now is to tackle the problems of the “Street Families” located in the centre of Nairobi in the Globe Cinema Roundabout otherwise known as Grogon Area. The children of this area are now displaced and scattered in different places of Nairobi. We have been with the Roundabout children for years and having many activities with them since many are acrobats, footballers, actors, poets and singers.
One of the main projects in this moment is to bring two girls aged 4 to be operated in Italy through an organization which we know and works all through the world in helping children to be cured. One case is the case of a girl that was burnt in her own home while her father was attending the burial of his wife and mother of this girl. Once he arrived it was too late because his daughter was trapped in the home.
The second case is the one of another 4 year old girl that was travelling with her mother on a public bus and was involved in a car accident.
These girls are both known to One Are We since they are street girls born on the streets and lived in the Grogon-Globe Cinema roundabout area and have now moved to Karioua A and Karioua B.
These girls are in need of birth certificates and of passports and so do the people that will accompany them. Please any help accorded will be of great use.
Blessed Love to all.



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ONEAREWE
Streets Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund
LE STRADE SI UNISCONO NELL’ANNO 2009

E’ One Are We Associazione che vi invita gentilmente tutti alla nostra camminata in questo giorno di sole. Terremo una camminata in Nairobi nel mese di Maggio che radunerà ancora una volta i bambini di strada di Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nanyuki, Meru e Nyeri per i quali io lavoro ed ho sempre fatto soprattutto ora dopo le crisi delle elezioni.
Questo evento si terrà in una data ancora da stabilire comunque nel mese di Maggio, ma state attenti che presto sarà comunicato. L’anno scorso questo evento si è tenuto in una piccola cittadina chiamata Nanuyki a circa 300km dalla capitale, questa scelta a causa delle guerre post elettive. Questa volta abbiamo deciso di farlo nelle capitale dove vogliamo che sia di dominio pubblico ed uno degli eventi più grandi per i bambini di strada. Partirà dalla sede di One Are We in Cianda House in Nairobi - dove siamo gentilmente ospitati dall’organizzazione governativa Street Family Rehabilitation Trust Fund.
Durante questa giornata vogliamo anche fare una proposta di raccogliere delle cose per i bambini di strada di Nairobi centro e più specificatamente: Grogron Roundabout ed Ngara. I bambini di quest’area sono stati mandati in diversi luoghi della città ed sparsi un po’ ovunque. Siamo stati con questi bambini per tanti anni ed ancora adesso stiamo aiutandoli il più possibile tramite i loro talenti: acrobati, calciatori, attori, poeti ed cantanti.
Sono stato per molti anni sulla strada ed abbiamo cercato in vano un terreno che forse finalmente abbiamo trovato una persona che ci donerà 3 ettari di terra dove abbiamo in mente di stabilire una comunità Africana - Europea dove possiamo organizzare varie cose anche sostenere le popolazioni circostanti. Quindi il nostro obiettivo era ed è di collaborare con tutti gli artisti e con tutte le persone che lavorano e vogliono aiutare tutti i bambini di strada iniziando dalle organizzazioni governative con le quali abbiamo collaborato per i passati anni.
Proveniamo tutti dallo stesso luogo cioè dalla strada dove infatti molti artisti famosi provengono almeno il 99%. Quindi crediamo che per aiutare questi bambini che gli eventi il più delle volte li costringono a lasciare le loro case e recarsi a vivere per la strada è di dare a loro quello che abbiamo avuto noi lasciando la strada (anche un ladro non va mai a rubar a casa dei ladri).
Collaborando con S.F.R.T.F. ci permetterà di prelevare alcuni bambini dalla strada e metterli in un posto più pulito e sicuro per poi trasferirli nella nostra casa di accoglienza sulla nostra terra nella quale abbiamo intenzione di costruire una scuola per le materie artistiche.
Crediamo sia ora che gli artisti usino il loro talento per aiutare questi bambini, scendere dal palco e toccare con mano le persone, mostrando loro la retta via per condurre una vita migliore.
Inoltre durante la giornata dell’iniziativa includeremo anche l’Europa - Africa campeggio che quest’anno avrà la durata di soli 7 giorni a differenza di quello precedente che ha avuto la durata di 21 giorni con i suoi problemi ma alla fine lo scopo è stato raggiunto. I problemi sono sorti dovuti alle guerre post-elettive, dove sono visibili ancora oggi le devastanti ripercussioni con più di 2000 persone senza tetto.
Durante questi sette giorni prepareremo le basi per quello dell’anno 2010 che durerà 21 giorni per poi concludersi in Sud Africa dove organizzeremo un concerto.
Dobbiamo renderci conto che il mondo della musica e quello degli artisti ha una platea enorme quindi attraverso la musica possiamo raggiungere i nostri obiettivi in modo positivo.
One Are We si rivolge a chiunque abbia la voglia di appoggiare questo progetto, che ha avuto inizio nel 2004 con molte tribolazioni dalla società circostante e dal governo che ci ha anche arrestato per il solo fatto di avere degli incontri. La vita però ci ha tenuti uniti e siamo andati avanti nonostante tutto fino al raggiungimento della nostra registrazione da parte del governo.
E’ un movimento libero di unità, un movimento senza scopo di lucro basato sulla collaborazione e sul lavoro. Sappiamo tutti che nelle strade non è vita e le cose sono diverse da una vita normale. La vita comunque giù nelle strade la vita va avanti, i bambini vedono le persone che li circondano pulite, con lo stomaco pieno loro che devono aspettare di mangiare i loro avanzi. Non riescono a trovare un lavoro e si ritrovano a vivere una vita loro malgrado la loro volontà.
Un progetto urgente in questo momento è portare due bambine in Italia per essere operate. La prima è una bambina di 4 anni che ha il viso totalmente bruciato. Questa è una storia molto triste, il padre stavo seppellendo la moglie nonché madre della bambina, dico seppellendo perché non avendo i soldi per un degno funerale ha dovuto provvedere da solo. Mentre facevo questo è stato avvertito che delle case stavano bruciando, purtroppo una era la sua. La figlia è rimasta intrappolata dentro ed è viva per miracolo.
L’altro caso è sempre di una bambina di 4 anni che è stata coinvolta in un incidente stradale mentre era su un autobus pubblico ed è rimasta sfigurata in viso.
Stiamo in contatto con un’organizzazione chiamata Armadilla Cooperativa ed un primario di un reparto Ospedaliero di grande ustionati dell’Ospedale Sant’Eugenio a Roma.



Questo è un elenco delle organizzazioni che sostengono il nostro progetto:
- Warriors Band che porta avanti un messaggio di sensibilizzazione tramite la loro musica e tramite vari tour come il Ghetto al Ghetto Tour
- Globe Cinema Roundabout Association(Kenya)
- Zingaro Percussions(Kenya)
- Africa Unite(Kenya)
- In and Out Association(Italy)
- Aholy Herbs Creations(Kenya)
- Selassie I Foundation (Kenya)
- Big Dread Sound System(Italy)
- Amref (Kenya&Italy)
- Italy Youth Studio Foundation
- Red Stripes Band(Italy)
- Officina Culturale Diversamente(Italy)
- Tafari Graundation (Ghana)
- Empire Sports Club (abbigliamento sportive) (Italy)
- Membri del Dopo Lavoro Circolo Nautico INPS (Italy) abbigliamento sportivo
- Donatori privati: Michela, Paola, Anna Maria, Manuel, Moira, Elvio, Giuliano.
- Streets Families Trust Fund che lavora in collaborazione con il Governo locale-che rappresentano il Governo Keniano.


If anyone of you wishes to contribute to the cause of the two girls to get their passports , due to the short time, please use Western Union addressing to:

Coloro che fossero ineteressati a contribuire in qualche modo possono donare utilizzando, a causa del breve tempo, Western Union indirizzando a :


MARZIA SORDONI
VIA SILVESTRI, 226
00164 – ROMA – ITALY
Use the password ONEAREWE
and please forward the Western Union number and money amount and your name at
empressfire@gmail.com
OBJECT: onearewegirls

Thank you also for whoever will be able to diffuse the news through blogs, sites and friends.

KENYA

To all the readers and followers I must apologize for the long time since I'm away from the blog. This is due to the fact that now I' m in Kenya working on an Educational Project. Soon you'll read about it here, so please check in a short while.