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Project  Africa is  a non Profit  NGO  that  I  founded and running The  Rafiki Club encourage women  from   one Kenyan   Village   to  write   letters  of   love,  compassion,peace and  friendship  to women  In other  villages  and   internationally. Currently,  Rafiki Club   has started  with  women in  Kakamega Kenya, writing   letters  of  Friendship  to   Women in  Lungalunga, Kwale  district. Though  this  initiative was   conceived  as  a tool  to empower  rural women   gain literacy skills  whereby  anytime   a  women   receives  a letter  she gets  a  chance to read  and  when  she  replies  she  has an opportunity to write,  The Rafiki  Club  is   ensuring that   people  from  different ethnics  communities,  locations and parts  of  Kenya celebrate their  diversities  and   co exist   peacefully. Rafiki  Club is  also   empowering women to be   ambassadors  of   peace  in their Households and Communities  especially  since  women   share   information   by telling their own stories and ensuring they  offer   constructive  ideas  that   aid in  communities  development. Project  Africa. P.O  Box  1055. 50100  Kakamega. Kenya.

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Update - Mama Media Project  Date - 2010-04-06

Mama Media Project is a community media and citizen journalism initiative aimed at equipping rural women with media skills so that they can report on issues central to human rights, human security and human dialogue. In this project, training is offered with the highest journalistic ethical standards that can yield public and/or socio-political change in an environment where women are empowered to engage in core community development issues as equal partners. The project relates to three fields as described below 1. The Target Group and Beneficiaries: At Least 40 rural women living in Mumias District in Kenya are enrolled to participate in training. They are described as disadvantaged representing a section of marginalized rural women and girls in Kenya. The target group are single mothers, widows, and teenage mothers, Orphaned girls who have dropped out of school or former commercial sex workers aiming to find a substitute source of income. Most are literate having achieved basic secondary education and have interest as well as talent in creative writing, photography and public speaking. Thematic Issues In this training program, we encourage media reporting that focuses on social political and economic change that is gender inclusive and benefits all members of the community from the bottom -Up. We seek to address human rights issues such as gender based violence, early and forced marriages, human security issues such as HIV& AIDS, Food Production, education, conflict resolution , good governance, democracy and cultural policy. We seek to foster innovation, experimentation, local solutions, learning and progress based initiatives on a commitment to equitable development. 3.Training our training is about sharing both indigenous and non-indigenous knowledge and experiences for rural communities to develop local skills and solutions they determine appropriate. We support the integration of communication with new media technologies that increase access to information and content sharing thus boosting Africa’s community development and social change. Mama Media project takes a pedagogical approach of learning by doing and earning. Trainees will be empowered to produce media work that can be sold through the internet (Courtesy of our partners The Press Institute and World Pulse). Our Training aims to cover topics on human rights, human security, Women issues and community development through the eyes of women.

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