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Environmental Conservation through the Art of puppetry
Related to country: Kenya

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UNIMA kenya puppeteers have taken environmental conservation education to schools. this is because of the negative effects of a polluted environment to the young generation. The country is facing alot of Air pollution and cutting down of trees which has changed the weather paterns of the country. People have become more hungry due to lack of rainfall or very little rain if it comes. This is an indication that the young generation is more at risk of suffering the consequences of a polluted environment and if action is not taken soon enough by them the world would not be a safe place to live in.

The Team embarked on a project to construct 100 puppets and distribute to schools inorder to use them to educate people on environmental conservation. The puppeteers are on their final stages of construction of the puppets which are intended to start advocating for a safe environment for all from January next year.

These project is meant to train school children on the use of puppets to advocate for a safe environment for all and particularly the young generation which would be more affected by a polluted environment.

Theis is one of the many different types of puppets to be used in the project.




December 15, 2008 | 9:11 AM Comments  0 comments

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WhatisTerorism
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Terorism isa word that makes many shiver if mentioned esspecially if one happensto be avictim in aterrorist attack. 10 years ago Kenya lost over160 people and many others wereinjured in aterrorist attack that happened in the ton centre next to a US embassy. This Brings me to my question why do people have so much unger aginst another person such that he can kill to express his unger. Are there issues about terrorism that have not been brought to light to help people to understand the reason behind one group always trying to hunt the other.

What qualifies an act to be a terrorist acy?

Is alqaeda the anly terrorist group in the world. Why do they huntdown the israelis and theAmericans? what is the History behind the attacks. On the other side the Americans are also trying to fight back. whats all this about?

I believe that for us to be able to fight terrorism well enough these are the questions we really need to get unswers to othrwise our children will always get the wrong information hence making them more vulnarable to terrorist attacks. They will also be involved in blaming one side and supporting the other which really is not what they should be doing.

We need to get these unswers right

August 5, 2008 | 11:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Puppetry For Education
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Art has been used to highlight and help to solve problems all over the world. Art, due to its ability to educate and entertain has been widely appreciated accross the globe. I have experienced the power of art when it comes to solving problems affecting the kenyan communities. for an artiste to do this effectively he has to understand the issue and understand how it hasaffected the community where he/she intends to perform then develop a performance that will provoke people to disscuss the issues and at the end to find a solution for the problem. A method known as PET (participatory education theatre) is applied in order to help people to disscuss issues affecting them.

Puppetry is one method that has not been very exposed but it has proved to be very powerfull in addressing issues. Puppetry has been used to address a wide range of issues in a powerfull and a very unique manner. Puppets like Marrionettes, muppets, glove puppts, BUNRAKU puppets, Masks, Giant puppets have been used to address various issues.

In Kenya Puppets have been able to bring people to discuss corruption, Conservation, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive health issues, Human rights issuesTherapy in hospitals among others and have proved to work better than any other form of Art.

Puppets unlike other forms of Art is easy to use, does not require many actors to perform, is cost effective, can be developed to target particular characters, is friendly, portable can be used to address issues without fear, is able to break social and political barriers among others.

We offer online training on construction and proper use of puppets in Education.
if interested you can get in touch with me on my Email address:

gatonga2002@yahoo.com

For more information about this you can contact me on that address too.
lets make the world a better place to live in through this powerfull art form

April 15, 2008 | 5:38 AM Comments  0 comments

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POVERTY AND EDUCATION
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education is meant to help in reducing poverty in the world. with education there are so many things that one can do in order to uplift his/her living standards. In Africa, the number of people going to school has increased drastically and this is a sure sign that in the comming years Africa will be a very developed continent. schools are being built all over i.e. Primary schools, Secondary schools and even Universities. This is trully encouraging.

To the poor this is a blessing but at the same time confusing. this is because most of this people are highly educated but they are still poor. most of them have taken loans from banks and other sources in order to pay for their schooling but in return they do not get any jobs. to get capital to start a bussiness has become almost imposible because of their status in the community.
University graduates are moving all over searching for jobs but very few of them become successfull and the biggest question remains why and they are educated anyway.

On the other hand, the children of the rich become managers of bussinesses even before they complete school, they do not go out to search for jobs but they get them even before they complete education or immidiately after school.
If Education is the key to success then this should not be happening.
I believe its time we gave every one equal chances in the community as a measure for erradicating poverty otherwise education will have nomeaning at all.

March 25, 2008 | 4:10 AM Comments  0 comments

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Does it make any sense to Vote
Related to country: Kenya

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Does it make any sense to vote? this is the question running in the minds of most people in Kenya today.
People woke up so early in the morning on the 27th of December 2007. the queues were very long and this was a sign that people really wanted to have leaders of their choice to govern this country. other people slept in the polling stations guarding the venues to prevent rigging of any sort, while others had to close their businesses in order to cast their votes. This is really to show their commitment and patriotism to the country. This also was a sign that kenyans gave so much to the politicians

30th December the day when the election results were announced was the darkest day in the History of Kenya. Hoses were torched, buildings brought down, property was vandalized cars were burnt, people were slaughtered, others burnt in Churches and houses. people were being evicted from places they have lived since they were born, schools and churches were burnt to ashes. this was all being done because of this selfish politicians we had sacrificed so much for.
Up to now they have done very little to calm down the situation. even after children and mothers are being raped and sodomized. people who do this are asking for justice to be done but what i fail to understand why somebody should kill another and then seek for justice, personally i have always thought that justice is two way.


Every one in the country knew that the elections were rigged in broad day light.one fails to understand the reason for waking up so early to cast one vote while somebody can rig 500,000 votes this trully was disrespect of the highest order to the voter.

Now the country is so divided that every one is not sure of his neighbor whom he/she has lived with for years as family and friends. tribes are not mixing like they used to, intermarriages between tribes have been badly hit and for those who had intermarried are divorcing on a daily basis.

What i keep asking my self is whether Kenya will ever unite again now that it is comprised of tribes that have turned against each other.
will people go back to their homes again?
Are this politicians really worth to be our leaders really? I doubt

To be continued

January 17, 2008 | 5:29 AM Comments  0 comments

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