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
Tag: kibera
Dont Beat our Future documentary screening
As we all know the documetary about our show Don´t Beat our Future is now out. And this week on Wensday Wale Wale Kenya went to a certain school in Kibera (Furaha High School) to air the film as a way of reaching out to the community and also to educate the students on the ways … Continue reading Dont Beat our Future documentary screening
Preparations for dance show
As mentioned in the Wednesday post this week the dance team here at Wale Eale has several big outreach performances coming up; the first ones are tomorrow. The preparations for this type of performance are many and demanding. For the past weeks the team has rehearsed the dances and plays for between one and three … Continue reading Preparations for dance show
Holiday outreach show
The Wale Wale dance program main purpose is to let young people from Kibera ages between 7-25 years explore and develop their talents in dance. Also use dance as a way to highlight, bring awareness about and discuss different social questions and issues in Kibera as well as in other places in Nairobi and Kenya. … Continue reading Holiday outreach show
Out Talk Nation
A new project has started at Wale Wale Kenya: Out talk Nation. The aim of this project is to give voice to the many different existences, that live together in the slums. Two of our own youths, Don and Steven, from Wale Wale go out into the slum, where they themselves live their daily lives, … Continue reading Out Talk Nation
Meet the youth – Omentality
My names are GEOFREY OMENTA also known as OMENTALITY. I am a rapper a dancer and also a music producer at Wale Wale Kenya which is a youth centre based in Ayany, Kibera. I myself joined the centre in 2013 and since then I have been part of the family, and I would love to … Continue reading Meet the youth – Omentality
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
CFK Fairplay Cup!
This Saturday Wale FC: s u12 team participated in their first real tournament – the Fairplay Cup organized by Corolina for Kibera. We went there with only the expectations to have fun and get some experience. However, after a tremendous effort by our boys, we won with 4-1 and are through to the next round. … Continue reading CFK Fairplay Cup!
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
Big football dreams
This week we launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for the Wale Wale FC. The campaign is carried out through facebook, so you can go to the facebook page and click on the fundraising event. On the event you can also see the details on how to help out. Wale Wale FC was started … Continue reading Big football dreams
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
Wale Wale Dancers
Here at Wale Wale we have a very active dance group. The group has several weekly practices where all the dancer – from the youngest to the oldest – gather and dance together. They dance for fun, but also as practice for upcoming performances, auditions and outreaches. This week the focus is on dancing every … Continue reading Wale Wale Dancers
The studio campaign
Until recently Wale Wale Kenya has headed a crowd funding campaign on Indigogo to raise money for the much needed studio. The youths here, as you may know, loves singing and dancing, and a studio is where the former can be put into reality and shared with world. Together our donors have raised 270.000 Kenyan … Continue reading The studio campaign
Building our Studio
As our crowd funding campaign continues,we decided to start building the studio that will be the heart of Wale Wale Art and Media Center. With a successful campaign, soon you will be reached by new music and films from this place.
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