Nipe Nafasi

Kid’s Exhibition: Nipe Nafasi [Give Me a Chance, Until 31, 2013 @ National Museum

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Nipe Nafasi
The photographs and paintings on paper and canvas are done by children aged 10 to 14 and above, they address issues observed and experienced by the children such as water and sanitation concerns, education, food and health, child labour, individual discipline and peer pressure, environmental concerns, family support, child protection and spiritualism. Art is one way to give a child the chance to tell about a world of their choice; about the good things that they like and the things they would like to see change.

Dates: Until August 31, 2013
Venue: Small Temporary Gallery, Nairobi National Museum, Museum Hill

‘Nipe nafasi’ give me a chance

Exhibition Aims

To promote the rights of children and their freedom of expression with a long term aim of increasing their participation in addressing issues affecting them.
To enhance communication between children and their parents, teachers, peers and the general community, to protect and associate respectfully, and reduce their vulnerability to abuse and neglect.
To create a platform where children boost their self-esteem and hope for a positive future.

Pawa Salon by: Pro-photographer Riccardo Gangale, Oct. 24 2012 @ Pawa254 Hub

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Date: October 24, 2012
Venue: Pawa254 Hub
Time: 4.30 – 7.30pm
Entry: Free

Biography
After scientific studies and two years of political sciences, Riccardo attended a three year masters program in professional photography in Rome. In 2002, while still studying for the FAO program, Riccardo came to Africa for two weeks in Ethiopia. Since then he has worked as a freelancer in South Africa – covering the Landless People Struggle, in Rwanda and Congo, covering the withdrawal of Rwandan troops and Gacaca process, Algeria, reporting the conditions of the Casbah in Algiers and daily life in Sahara desert.

In 2003 he started working as a Freelancer for Associated Press as a correspondent from the Great Lakes region based I Kigali but covered Congo, Burundi, Uganda and Kenya. He has worked on assignments for UNICEF, WFP, WHO Global Fund, UNHCR and his work has been published by New York Times, Times Magazine, The Times, The Guardian, Liberation, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, The Washington Post and many others.

He has done commercial work for Hotel Milles Collines – Kigali, The Memling – Congo, The Volcanoes Safari Lodge – Rwanda and Uganda, Golden Tulip – Accra & Kumasi and in Campanile Hotels and Tulip Inn in Spain and Italy.

To sample some of his work, be sure to check out his web portfolio: http://www.riccardogangale.com/

Pawa Salon: with Georgina Goodwin, Aug. 23 2012 @Pawa254 Hub

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On 23rd August 2012, Pawa 254 will be hosting Stellar professional photographer, Georgina Goodwin.

Georgina is based in Kenya and is a Kenyan national by birth. She is a young, dynamic, self-taught photographer who is passionate about her work and subject matter reflected in her strong analytical style. Georgina focuses on issues spanning the range of poverty, health, gender covered by NGOs, in particular those connected to the environment and politics. She also does commercial photography such as interiors and product promotions.

Some of her Published work and Clients include: World Bank, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Vestergaard Frandsen, New York Times, Financial Times, BBC, CNN, Reuters, United Nations – UNEP and IFAD, Unicef, McClatchy Newspapers NYC, Africa Geographic, Brand Magazine South Africa, and many others.
To see some of her work, check out her website:http://georginagoodwin.com/ and blog http://blog.georginagoodwin.com/

The salon will be at PAWA254 Hub and will begin at 4:30PM and run till 7:00PM.
Entry is Free

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