Hello, My name is David, I am from Stockholm, Sweden and I am currently doing an internship at Wale Wale Kenya for my master’s degree in Peace and Conflict studies. When looking around for different internship opportunities I found Wale Wale. It was one of the organizations where other students from my program had done … Continue reading Journey of an Intern – David, 7th of September 2022
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A normal day at Wale Wale
“Petter, the keys..!? Thanks, see you in a bit.” The people on cleaning duty for the day pick up the keys and open the center around 08:30 in the morning and mop the floors before the rest arrive at 09:00. Every morning starts with a short meeting, where everyone describes their plans for the day, … Continue reading A normal day at Wale Wale
Wale Wale Art Program
This Saturday, Wale Wale Kenya kicked off yet another project within Wale Wale Youth Center. This time its Jacob Kokoyo, Wale Wales great artist, who have started art classes for our younger members as well as other children around Kibera with the hope that the y will become new members. The will be ongoing starting off … Continue reading Wale Wale Art Program
Academic follow-up program
For a long time it has been our dream to enhance the educational side of Wale Wale Kenya. Last week that became a reality with our members in primary schools as the main beneficiaries. The new academic follow-up program is aimed to help our youngest members to excel in their studies in primary school. To … Continue reading Academic follow-up program
Performing at Ushirika
This Saturday the dance group had a big performance at the Ushirika Day Celebration. Early in the morning everyone went by bus to Uhuru Park, and soon after we arrived the show began. Of the 15 groups auditioning the weekend before only five performed at the celebrations and Wale Wale was honored to have been … Continue reading Performing at Ushirika
Succesful audition
Saturday started early for the Wale Wale dance group. They had an audition in town for an upcoming celebration called Ushirika. We all went by bus, and Jacob the oldest member of the group was in charge of the big group of eager dancers. After registration everyone sat in the shadow and looked at the … Continue reading Succesful audition
Fun and discovery
This Sunday we went to Arboretum Park. It was a day for teambuilding and fun!
We are Wale Wale – The video about Wale Wale Kenya
For the last couple of weeks we have been working on a longer and more comprehensive video where we want to tell the our story. This video is longer and goes more into detail in Kibera as an area and Wale Wale Kenya as an organisation. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCQtBNG2o_o
Dancing Outreach in Kibera
This weekend our dancers did their first outreach performance since we became Wale Wale Kenya. An outreach is a performance where we try to educate the community through music and dance on issues that affect our society here in Kibera. It was done under the new name but with the same youth and the same … Continue reading Dancing Outreach in Kibera
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