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UN releases music DVD from slum children in Nairobi to support kids in Haiti
TEHRAN, Jan.15(MNA) --The Wafalme Kids from the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, produced a song to bring a message of hope to the children in Haiti. Following a devastating earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, these street-children felt they should do something to support their counterparts in Haiti, now living in similar conditions.
The song resulted in the production of a touching DVD/CD package by Sarakasi Trust, Slum Talent Trust and Cultural Video Foundation. The DVD also contains the MTV award winning song of the Wafalme Kids: “Trash is Cash” and is accompanied by a booklet in English and French which includes the lyrics of the “Kids 4 Kids in Haiti song".
The United Nations Office at Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Human Settlements Program and UNICEF (all from Nairobi) joined hands to make this DVD possible, in order to highlight the Haiti plight. All funds generated from this initiative will be credited to UNICEF and be used for reconstruction projects directly benefitting children in Haiti.
The DVD has been widely distributed locally and around the world from Kenya and directly to the United Nations in Haiti, New York, Geneva and Vienna.
The Wafalme Kids is a group of youngsters aged between 8 and 23. Their talents saw the birth of Slum Talent Trust, an organization that aims to promote artistic talent among young slum-dwellers, ensuring that talented children from the slums and other disadvantaged children get access to education, housing and health-care.
Cultural Video Foundation – multimedia for a conscious society – promotes awareness about culture and society and uses journalism and multimedia products to foster a more conscious society. It aims to inform, educate and mobilize social development by supporting cultural expressions and promoting interaction that efficiently empowers and enlightens society.
Sarakasi Trust is non-profit performing arts development organization working towards building capacity in the arts sector in Kenya. The organization’s core stems from a firm belief in the use of Culture for Development and the positive role that culture can play to eradicate poverty. Since its establishment in 2001 the Trust has run a training and outreach program that continues to touch lives of thousands of children and young adults growing up in the slums of Nairobi. In addition Sarakasi’s lively and now famous international exchange and performance program has seen literally hundreds of artists benefit from the experience and often the financial benefits that performing on the world’s stages can offer.
The song resulted in the production of a touching DVD/CD package by Sarakasi Trust, Slum Talent Trust and Cultural Video Foundation. The DVD also contains the MTV award winning song of the Wafalme Kids: “Trash is Cash” and is accompanied by a booklet in English and French which includes the lyrics of the “Kids 4 Kids in Haiti song".
The United Nations Office at Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Human Settlements Program and UNICEF (all from Nairobi) joined hands to make this DVD possible, in order to highlight the Haiti plight. All funds generated from this initiative will be credited to UNICEF and be used for reconstruction projects directly benefitting children in Haiti.
The DVD has been widely distributed locally and around the world from Kenya and directly to the United Nations in Haiti, New York, Geneva and Vienna.
The Wafalme Kids is a group of youngsters aged between 8 and 23. Their talents saw the birth of Slum Talent Trust, an organization that aims to promote artistic talent among young slum-dwellers, ensuring that talented children from the slums and other disadvantaged children get access to education, housing and health-care.
Cultural Video Foundation – multimedia for a conscious society – promotes awareness about culture and society and uses journalism and multimedia products to foster a more conscious society. It aims to inform, educate and mobilize social development by supporting cultural expressions and promoting interaction that efficiently empowers and enlightens society.
Sarakasi Trust is non-profit performing arts development organization working towards building capacity in the arts sector in Kenya. The organization’s core stems from a firm belief in the use of Culture for Development and the positive role that culture can play to eradicate poverty. Since its establishment in 2001 the Trust has run a training and outreach program that continues to touch lives of thousands of children and young adults growing up in the slums of Nairobi. In addition Sarakasi’s lively and now famous international exchange and performance program has seen literally hundreds of artists benefit from the experience and often the financial benefits that performing on the world’s stages can offer.
