Youth concert steals the show
Source: Norwegian Church Aid - Norway
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ecumenical pavilion at the WSF in Nairobi was packed yesterday when thousands of people literary left whatever they were doing to attend the youth concert, co-organised by NCA.
The concert was organised by the ecumenical youth initiative under the Caritas-AACC ecumenical platform, within which Norwegian Church Aid's Eastern Africa team has played a major role. The show was a complete music and dance extravaganza focusing around the theme of water, the environment and climate change.
The concert was electrifying from the first note to the last. The participants, led by MC Gowi Odera, a popular actor and youth pastor in Nairobi, chanted: "H2O, Maji ni Uzima" (which is Swahili for "water is life"). It did not take long before the tent was filled with people from all areas of the World Social Forum.
Among the artists that took part in the concert were Kora award (the African equivalent of America's Grammy award) winner Esther Wahome, Rufftone, A-Star, Juliani, Kanji and many others.
The concert was supported by the Ecumenical Water Network in partnership with the Caritas-AACC ecumenical platform, the Church of Sweden and Norwegian Church Aid. It was organised and run by the Ecumenical Youth Initiative, which brings together youth groups from churches based in Nairobi.
The following Norwegian Church Aid staff will be present at the World Social Forum in Nairobi:
For more information:
The concert was organised by the ecumenical youth initiative under the Caritas-AACC ecumenical platform, within which Norwegian Church Aid's Eastern Africa team has played a major role. The show was a complete music and dance extravaganza focusing around the theme of water, the environment and climate change.
The concert was electrifying from the first note to the last. The participants, led by MC Gowi Odera, a popular actor and youth pastor in Nairobi, chanted: "H2O, Maji ni Uzima" (which is Swahili for "water is life"). It did not take long before the tent was filled with people from all areas of the World Social Forum.
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| Men and Women in White: The Maximum Melodies at the concert (Photo: Isaiah Kipyegon/NCAEA) |
Among the artists that took part in the concert were Kora award (the African equivalent of America's Grammy award) winner Esther Wahome, Rufftone, A-Star, Juliani, Kanji and many others.
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| Full house: the walls of the tent where the ecumenical concert was held had to be removed to contain the crowd. Note that the neighbouring tents were also filled with concert fans (Photo: Isaiah Kipyegon/NCAEA) |
The concert was supported by the Ecumenical Water Network in partnership with the Caritas-AACC ecumenical platform, the Church of Sweden and Norwegian Church Aid. It was organised and run by the Ecumenical Youth Initiative, which brings together youth groups from churches based in Nairobi.
The following Norwegian Church Aid staff will be present at the World Social Forum in Nairobi:
- Gunstein Instefjord, Head of Department for Development Policy, tel.: (+47) 905 96 780
- Odd H. Evjen, Regional Representative, Eastern Africa, tel.: (+255) 733 609 936
- Gaim Kebreab, Senior Advisor, Economic, Political and Social Rights, tel.: (+47) 932 42 479
- Therese Vangstad, Advisor for Political Matters, tel.: (+47) 982 46 433
- Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt, Advisor for Debt Matters, tel.: (+47) 920 66 025
- Isaiah Kipyegon, Regional Advocacy and Communications Officer, tel.: (+254) 723 938 133
For more information:
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