On
Saturday, March 19th, a group of young
people in Mombasa, Kenya will incorporate
our "Drumming in One World Beat"
project with a day whose theme will
be "The Touch". The day
will begin at 8am, when the group
will head towards the "Restoration
Centre Children's Home", a home
where 15-30 children reside, most
of them HIV-positive. Activities for
the day will include cleaning the
orphanage, meal preparation and sharing,
face painting, drumming, singing,
dancing, and the presentation of small
gifts. The centerpiece of this day
will be making a difference through
music and art.
The collection of art materials and
other resources (called "Boxes
of Hope") will take place at
the KANCO office (Kenya AIDS NGOs
Consortium, www.kanco.org
) in Mombasa, where one of the main
event organizers, Jacqualine Kowa,
works with the nonprofit WiRED International
(www.wiredinternational.org
), an ICTs-oriented development organization
which builds health centers in nine
countries, including Kenya. Besides
the KANCO Community Health Information
Centre, other groups involved include
the Mean Machine Youth Group, Vyemani
Arts Troupe, Population Services International,
WOFAK (Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya),
ActALIVE Arts Coalition (www.actalive.org
), and individual members of the Global
Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA),
among them Jacque Kowa and Halima
Khalif, who works closely with the
children of the home.
For more on this activity and to join
in, please contact Jacque at jarequil1983@yahoo.com.au
or Halima at ivumo@yahoo.com
.
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