Slumphotography_Exhibition_Poster

Slum Photography Exhibition, Aug. 6 2015 @ Michael Joseph Centre – The Safaricom House

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Slumphotography_Exhibition_Poster
Date: 6 August, 2015
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Venue: Michael Joseph Centre, The Safaricom House
Entry/Tickets/Admission: 3000 KSh
Advance Tickets: 0729465940
Contact: slumphotographyKE@gmail.com

The event will be hosted by Big Ted and will include performances by: Octopizzo, Recap and Tear Drops

About
#PigaPichaMtoiAsome is an initiative for photographers to use their unique vision to promote slum child education through photography. In this exhibition, photos from the #PigaPichaMtoiAsome initiative will be
showcased to raise awareness about the barriers to education faced by children living in slums and the importance of achieving education for all.
The exhibition will focus on sharing the stories of children currently out of school and living in Kibera and ALL PROCEEDS will go towards sending these children to school. An auction of photographs from the exhibit will be held.

Webpage (Instagram): https://instagram.com/slumphotography/

Eric Wainaina Concert

Eric Wainaina’s Benefit Concert for CTIE Tangaza College, Jun. 27 2015 @ Tangaza University College – Langata

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Eric Wainaina Concert
Date: June 27, 2015
Venue: Tangaza University College – Langata
Time: Doors open from 6 pm – concert starts at 7 pm
Tickets: KES 2500 at the Door and KES 2000 advance

About
Beneficiaries of this event are students in the Christ the Teacher Institute for Education component of Tangaza University College. Fifty of these future teachers hail from Kibera (Kibra) and other slums of Nairobi and they cannot afford the necessary school fees.

All proceeds from this event will go to assist them in continuing their education.

Lungs for Kenya

Annual Charity Golf Tournament by Nature Kenya: Lungs for Kenya, Mar. 20 2015 @ Karen Country Club

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Lungs for Kenya
Nature Kenya invites you to their sixth annual Charity Golf Tournament, Lungs for Kenya, that will be held on Friday 20th March, 2015, starting at 12 noon at Karen Country Club.

Green Fee
• Ksh. 1,500 – Nature Kenya member
• Ksh. 2, 000 – Non Nature Kenya member.
Teams can also be entered for Ksh 8,000. Tee off time starts at 12:00 noon.

The proceeds from the tournament will help Nature Kenya raise awareness of Kenya’s valuable ecosystems, and empower local communities to take the lead in their conservation.

About
In the five years Nature Kenya has been held the above tournament, the proceeds have been hugely successful in helping them to improve the lives of communities and conserve ecosystems in a number of locations across the country.

The proceeds of the 2014 tournament were used in planting 75,000 tree seedlings in the vulnerable Dakatcha woodland, an important Bird Area near Malindi and assisted communities living near Arabuko-Sokoke and Dakatcha to establish and manage tree nurseries as part of the forest rehabilitation programme.

This success story has only been possible through the kind support of individual like you. Please this time round consider supporting this conservation work as you enjoy the game of golf.

Donations towards the golf tournament are also welcomed. Find more info. here

invitación

Photo Exhibition: The Fragile Strength by BoxGirls Kenya, Mar. 12-25 2015 @ Italian Institute of Culture

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invitación
Opening: March 12, 2015
Venue: Italian Institute of Culture – Westlands
Time: 6.30 pm

Photos will be on sale to raise money for BoxGirls Kenya

Exhibition runs Until: March 25, 2015

About the Fragile Strength, the project
Every week, girls from Korogocho slum, have the chance to learn boxing. An initiative organized by BoxGirls, this local association promotes boxing in areas where sexual abuse towards women and girls is very common. BoxGirls main goal: to boost the self-esteem and self-defence of women and girls as well as to make them stronger both physically and psychologically.

The portraits from this urban sprawl of Nairobi aim to capture the fragility and the strength of these young girls; the challenges they face to take part in BoxGirls and the path to success.

Directions
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Find more information here: http://www.boxgirlskenya.org/

kempinskismall

Salut Salon meets Ghetto Classics – Gala Dinner, Jan. 23 2015 @ Villa Rosa Kempinski

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kempinskismall
Date: January 23, 2015
Venue: Villa Rosa Kempinski
Cocktails: 6.30 pm
Begin: 7 pm
Tickets: KES 6000

About
Salut Salon is one of the most exciting groups in Europe at the moment. They are in the country to perform a series of concerts in aid of Ghetto Classics programme.
It really promises to be one of those once in a lifetime concerts and you are encouraged to attend if you can!

What to expect!