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| DoweMusic junior students. From left: Kyle, Sonia and Scott |
August 24, 2018 goes into the records of Dowe Music & Arts as one of the important days on which an Art4Leadership event was organized. We can never be thankful enough for the Kenya National Library Services in conjunction with The American Corner for availing the ample and efficient space.
The theme for the day was “Empowered
to Empower” where more than fifty young people discussed the importance of giving
back to the society. The outstanding fact was that one is never too poor to
offer a helping hand.
The youths were challenged not to wait until they are
well endowed resource-wise for them to consider empowering others. From a discussion
that sought to find out what unique ability distinguished each one of them from
the other, the message that at least everyone in the world has something they
can do better than others was driven home.
The event was spiced up by Dowe Music & Arts junior
students performing with guitars. The speaker of the day, who is also the director of the initiative, joined them with his violin accompanied on piano by the Academy's admin Ms. Mwihaki a.k.a Michieygial.
This was an event which also saw children from New Life Home Trust attending. Even though they had come to see one of their own, Sonia performing, the children were lively and some shocked the whole group by the way they participated actively in the discussions. Two of these, Oliver Daima and Judy Bahati became darlings of the whole team due to their boldness and eloquence. When asked about what she had learned, Judy calmly responded, "How to love people!" Led by Mr. Daniel Omitto , Adminstrative assistant, the group is a lively time one wishes to stay around them, all the time.
Towards the end, YALI Alumni gave short
speeches sensitizing the youths about the need to join the network as well as
giving tips on the just opened application for cohort 31 and 32. If you are
interested in applying, click here. Take a look at the photos below to get the gist of the event as you plan to attend
upcoming events.
Applications for Cohort 31 and 32 is now open. Apply!
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| Youths from Nakuru Listening actively |
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| Judy Bahati from New Life Group responding to a recap question |
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| YALI Alumni Kate Cheptoo on how to apply for YALI RLC opportunity |
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| YALI Alumni Amdany enlightening youths |
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| YALI Alumni Oliver Jemuge on how to join YALI Network |
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| Music performance by DoweMusic Team |
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| From Left: YALI Alumni Oliver J., New Life Group child Oliver Daima and MLM Consultant Oliver Kibet |
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| Oliver Kibet Pitching his idea |
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| Young Oliver presenting a song |
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| Ms Mwihaki, DoweMusic &Arts admin rehearsing for the event |
The author is the founding director of Dowe Music &Arts and the frontier of Art4Leadership
Well articulated event
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DeleteAwesome... It was such an empowering moment and we appreciate every little thing that @DoweMusicArt is doing to uplift our children @Newlifehometrust Nakuru. Big up!
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing the team
ReplyDeleteWe would like to appreciate Dowe Music & Arts for sponsoring Sonia in her Module I & II guitar lessons. This particular event on Empowerment was equally significant to our children who attended. Kudos to our young Oliver and Judy who stole the hearts of those in attendance. We appreciate every thing you do for us @ New Life Home Trust-Nakuru.
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