Oluwakemi’s life changed drastically after she turned blind at the age of 13. The world as she knew it changed and suddenly was not as easily approachable as she had thought. At the early stage of blindness, she experienced social exclusion which resulted in low self-esteem. Yet, her zeal to change the narrative led her […]
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Quarterly Newsletter 2 – 2022 “The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace. – Mahatma Gandhi Picture the following: You enter the kanthari campus on Monday, June 13, and in front of you, you see 5 participants squatting tightly under a table on the stage of the
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Nduku has first-hand witnessed the consequences of the Anglo/ Francophone conflicts in Cameroon. One day coming back from school he was kidnapped by rebels, chained, and tortured. The culture of divide and this terrible experience inspired him to work on curbing hate culture and crimes towards youth. He became an advocate for peace, and through
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Eltrud Okeyo hails from Kisumu County in Western Kenya which borders Victoria Lake. Kisumu County has the third-highest rate of HIV/AIDS in all of Kenya. According to the International Center for Alleviation of Poverty, Inc., 22-25% of Kisumu’s population is HIV positive. A high number of the population has left behind many orphans and elderly
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A few weeks ago, we started a blog series about the beneficiaries of kanthari participants. Today we will read an interesting story from Nancy Mbaura from Zimbabwe. We will soon also learn more about Nancy and her walk of life, however today the blog is more focused on her beneficiaries. Tamiranashe – meaningful education for
My name is Charlotte Cotton, originally from France, I lived and worked for a long time in Hong Kong and in 2019, I ended up on a special train named Jagriti Yatra. A train that took 400+ entrepreneurs on an 8000 km Journey through India. On this special trip, I met Laad Lohar, who is
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Now that the 2022 edition of the kanthari course has started, the blog posts will be mainly about those who benefit(ed) from their initiatives. We learn more about their (future) beneficiaries, after all, the positive impact that will be created in their lives, is also the goal we have here at kanthari. Today’s blog is
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from Sabriye Tenberken and Deepu Kiran Our thirteenth course, which we call “The green room”, has been running for a few weeks now. In television studios and theatres, the “green room” is the room where the performing “stars” can prepare themselves. And here, it is also a kind of preparation place before the rather intensive
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by chacko Jacob “If you think we can’t change the world, it just means you’re not one of those who will.” – Jacque Fresco It is easy to dismiss someone as overambitious when you hear them pitch a lofty goal with absolute seriousness. For every famous quote like “Aim for the stars and maybe you’ll
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by sabriye tenberken Today I would like to introduce an ambassador for a somewhat disreputable species: an advocate for insects, specifically, flies. Flies are actually in dire need of an advocate. They have a truly bad reputation. Whenever there is news about an outbreak of diseases or a failed harvest, flies and grasshoppers often have
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