tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18573468674321174752024-03-20T02:08:11.830-07:00Arts Education InternationalArts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-40592783255230138932012-03-02T10:10:00.000-08:002012-03-02T10:10:03.079-08:00Inspiring Words about Kroo Bay from Batik Instructor Mohamed Kamara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">"I don’t want to say that they are the most difficult or the hardest students I have ever worked with in AEI programs, but I would rather say that they are the most traumatized kids I have worked with. Because they are used to living on the streets and engaging in prostitution, at first they didn’t understand the value of AEI program<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">s. They were so desperate to make fast money, and so worried about how to survive, that they would hardly listen to what I would say. But with the help of Audrey Sanchez’s teacher leadership workshop, and my own approach having grown up in Kroo Bay, I’ve been able to encourage them. Together we have given them the hope and confidence that no matter what they can do better. I know now that these are exactly the kinds of young people who need our programs. I am so proud that my students now have the skills to make batik and earn a living with dignity instead of turning to prostitution. I have begun to achieve my goals. Thank you Sarah for helping me with my goals and report cards."</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youthinarts.org/" style="color: red;">Youth in Arts</a> and <a href="http://www.artseducationinternational.org/" style="color: cyan;">Arts Education International</a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span>are teaming up for an innovative new take on pen-palling. The 27 eighth-graders at Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito are participating in a “hat exchange” with 27 students of Arts Education International in Sierra Leone, West Africa. With the help of artist Keith “K-Dub” Williams, the students are designing and painting their own trucker hats to send to Sierra Leone, in exchange for a hat designed and painted by their pen-pal abroad. The hats are accompanied by digital story-telling projects that feature the voice and picture of each student displaying their design and describing what it means to them.<br />
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“The purpose of the exchange is to connect the kids YIA serves in Marin County with the children we serve in Africa through the arts,” says Sarah Geller, Executive Director of Arts Education International. “We hope that this project will help the kids on both sides to articulate their own identity in a way that is fun and creative, and to consider that identity in a larger context of global awareness.”<br />
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"We want youth to have a broader sense of the world around them, and what better way to do that than through an art exchange?" says Miko Lee, Executive Director of <a href="http://www.youthinarts.org/" style="color: red;">Youth in Arts</a>. "We view this as just the beginning of a strong partnership with Arts Education International."<br />
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Frankie, a 13-year-old from San Rafael wrote “Latino” on the brim of his hat. Frankie suggested that, perhaps, a student in Africa might not know what it means to be Latino in America. “Latino means that I speak Spanish,” he explains to his pen-pal in his voice recording, “I’m Hispanic, and I’m from Guatemala.”<br />
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Jennifer wants her pen-pal to know about her life as a 14-year old from Marin City. “Living in America is not easy,” she explains in her spoken letter, “You have to earn your way through life. If you want something, or have to buy something, you have to earn your way to get it.” Painting stars on her hat she explains, “I designed it this way because no matter where you are or if people can see you, you’re always shining.” <br />
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The eighth-graders at Willow Creek will receive the hats and stories from the children in Sierra Leone in January 2012. For now, it seems that the experience is already a powerful one for the students involved. As Adreaizana, age 12, records her letter to her pen-pal in Sierra Leone, she squints and focuses hard while looking out into the bay, as if imagining the distance her words and work will travel. “No matter where we are or how far apart, no matter how rich or poor,” she says, “we are all equal.”<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 14.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Child Labor in the City</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>A Play by Shola Sesay and the AEI Drama Troupe in Makeni</i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">AEI Drama workshops build on the traditional West African practice of social reform through public drama. In this spirit, our workshops focus on child rights education, HIV and AIDS awareness, and peaceful conflict resolution. The play <i>Child Labor in the City</i>, performed by the AEI Drama Troupe in Makeni, confronts an all-too-common issue in Sierra Leone: child labor and exploitation. Many of the children we serve live with foster families that treat them as little more than indentured servants, refusing to pay school fees and demanding grueling physical labor in return for food and shelter. For these children, our programs provide the only free education and vocational training opportunities available.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Act One</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The play begins with a traditional welcome song, calling everyone in the community to come and watch the play. In welcoming the <i>fambul dem</i> (a Krio term meaning literally “all family,” but used to refer to the community or nation) the children acknowledge the importance of the support and attention of their township peers and elders.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">In the opening scene, we see a mother toiling on her farm in the village. She is complaining that her work is so difficult, and that her finances are very poor. She calls her two daughters, Fatu and Maggie, to come and sit with her, and laments that she can’t afford to send them to school. As if hearing their plight, Auntie comes to visit from the city. She takes pity on the family and offers to bring her two nieces to live with her in the city. She says that she will pay their school fees so that they can be educated at the best primary school in the city. The mother is so happy and agrees to send her children away. She thanks her sister for making all of her dreams come true, and says goodbye to her children.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Act Two</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Palatino; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We next see Fatu and Maggie at their Aunt’s home in the city. Their Aunt comes to wake them up early in the morning, and forces them to collect water to go and sell on the street. The Aunt has tricked her sister, and was never planning to send the children to school, but only wants them for their labor. Fatu and Maggie sell water in the streets for ten hours each day. The Aunt, however, sends her own son to school and insists on the very best education for him. She buys him anything he needs: shoes, a uniform, a knapsack, all with the money that Fatu and Maggie earn. One day, a friend of the mother is passing through Freetown and recognizes Fatu and Maggie. She immediately reports the Aunt to the police, and runs to tell their mother of the abuse. They play ends with Mohamed, a young student, warning the community audience to send all of their children to school, and not to use their foster children as “traders.” He warns that the abuse of children not only hurts the child, but the community.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* an exclusive viewing of WordScapes, a collection by Wosene Worke Kosrof, alongside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* the artwork of young AEI students in Sierra Leone and Ghana, and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* a screening of plays written and performed by AEI students from the township of Makeni, Sierra Leone. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arts Education International (AEI) is a nonprofit organization that uses the arts to empower orphaned and abandoned children in West Africa. Serving a population of children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic and the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone, Arts Education International provides children with the skills they need to survive by organizing, funding, and executing arts outreach programs and vocational training workshops. By providing mentors, supplies, and skill-building workshops, AEI delivers a development model of service, fiscal empowerment, emotional rehabilitation and community reconciliation for orphaned and abandoned children in West Africa. Furthermore, AEI workshops create jobs, foster new industry, and create opportunity in war-torn and economically disadvantaged communities. AEI currently provides arts outreach programs and vocational training for over 700 children in Sierra Leone and Ghana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Girls of the AEI Daru Embroidery Collective Display their Newly-made Baby Blankets! </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yajoh, Q-Biz, and G-Tuff of the Vision Stars travel from Ward 20 to Ward 21 for Class on the AEI motorcycle!</div></div>Arts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-48698993111900137612011-07-30T16:30:00.000-07:002011-07-30T16:30:21.995-07:00Peeking backstage at the Dress Rehearsal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peeking backstage at the dress rehearsal! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Preparing for the community recital in Ward 21 of Daru, Sierra Leone.</div></div>Arts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-66646690941331113742011-07-30T16:14:00.000-07:002011-07-30T16:15:25.651-07:00Cosi Mansaray: Look how far he's come!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">We are so proud of Cosi and the other Future Planners of Makeni, Sierra Leone for their completion of the AEI six month intensive training program! Check out this picture of Cosi's first pop and lock class!</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I came to Kroo Bay because it is the childhood home of Mohamed Kamara, senior artistic administrator and batik instructor for Arts Education International. Mohamed recalls growing up in Kroo Bay. “Oh I suffered so much. My parents left me to go work and I had to stay with an old lady who couldn’t look after me or give me what I needed. I had to beg for food and try to find my own way.” </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As we navigate the maze of garbage heaps and puddles of sewage, Mohamed is in good spirits. It seems like everyone knows him. “Med-a-KRACK!” an old woman shouts, calling Mohamed by his nickname. He hugs her as she kisses him on his cheek, then quickly turns to greet a group of young men he grew up with. “Every time I come here the people who knew me when I was a young boy cannot believe their eyes. They even cry! Who can think that this small bobo begging for food would someday be working for an international organization? Teaching art to so many children?” I smile, happy to see him so proud.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Arts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-12930128399209818542011-07-27T16:25:00.000-07:002011-07-27T16:25:29.201-07:00Registration Day for new classes in Makeni!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VS-PsYheLZHp0fZFS-LJTNLF6RKDAf_O9Pf3fZnm7UwO8GjqubxzCkmKx4FK4ul6Mzov-44rSWEMe5SwJdwcq0Edzxp0F1bNiLec5oPptRF0qeGy4ZztdhWphLmBNHahZlyd53aKioM/s1600/IMGP5424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VS-PsYheLZHp0fZFS-LJTNLF6RKDAf_O9Pf3fZnm7UwO8GjqubxzCkmKx4FK4ul6Mzov-44rSWEMe5SwJdwcq0Edzxp0F1bNiLec5oPptRF0qeGy4ZztdhWphLmBNHahZlyd53aKioM/s320/IMGP5424.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cosi's new Pop and Lock class is so popular!</div><br />
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</div>Arts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-20267818272710194542011-07-25T16:09:00.000-07:002011-07-25T16:09:09.840-07:00Graduation Ceremony in Makeni<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">This month, ten amazing students of our program in Makeni, Sierra Leone graduated from our intensive training program and are moving on to teach other orphaned kids in their community. <b>Congratulations to the Future Planners of Makeni!</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Arts Education Internationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06648272679532278663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857346867432117475.post-4473583800836118292011-07-13T10:43:00.000-07:002011-07-13T10:43:28.969-07:00Check Out Our Rockstar Supporter Russell Kahn!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out these pictures of <b>Russell Kahn</b> reppin' AEI at the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market! Russell sells amazing bags and backpacks that he makes out of duct tape and all the proceeds go to AEI. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks Russell!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Chorus,.. Doya leh we show some love to den orphanage pikin dem<br />
Give a helping hands to den street pikin dem<br />
Den na we future leaders, leaders of tomorrow<br />
Do ya leh we show some love, do ya leh we help den street pickin dem.<br />
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Verse 1 (Sama) ... Look way me dea wonder for see way pickin den dea surfer<br />
Nobody nor dea for take care, some man nor even border,<br />
Day and night all the time, na so den dea fight survival,<br />
Under rain, under san, sickness dea kill dem oh why?<br />
Rap.(<span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">Mohamed</span>).. Ar bin dea jubi-jubi-jubilate, ar bin dea sing this song for the orphanage<br />
Ar bin dea strain, an ar bin dea fill di pain,<br />
Ar bin dea live me life lek me na orphanage.<br />
Verse(Cossy)...... If you see dem dea waka naz street street tin nor dea for eat,..Na for gi dem oh<br />
If you see dem dea laydom na street, sie nor dea foe sleep,.....Na for help dem oh<br />
Na for help dem, Na for love dem, Na dis go gi dem hope<br />
Na for help dem, Na for love dem, Na dis go gi dem hope<br />
All dis go bring changes insie den life, all dis go make den live a better life.<br />
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Verse 2 (Komba)..Ar diffa-fummassu, Ar thuryeh-shathessu<br />
Ar diffa-fummassu, Ar thuryeh-shathessu<br />
So-siamma-karramarrsu, So-siamma-karramarrsu<br />
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Chorus,....... Please let us show some love to the orphanage children,<br />
Give a helping hand to the street children<br />
Because they are our future leaders, leaders of tomorrow<br />
So let us show some love, and let us help the street children<br />
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Verse1...... Look, I'm not happy I always wonder how the children out there are still suffering<br />
And no one is there to take care of them<br />
And yet still some people don't even bother or even care<br />
Day and night all the time they are struggling out there for survival<br />
Under the rain, and under the hot burning sun, sickness is killing them oh why?<br />
Rap,..............Am happy right now, because am singing this song for the orphans,<br />
Because I have also gone through that kind of suffering, and I have also felt that kind of pain<br />
Am happy now, because I am finally moving on.<br />
Other Verse..So if you see them on the walking in the street have no food to eat, Please give them food<br />
If you see also see them lying in the street, no shelter to sleep, Please help them<br />
Let's help them, and let's show love to them, Let's help them and let us show love to them<br />
because all this will bring changes to their life, and will make them live a better life.<br />
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Verse2...... They killed our families, they burnt our houses<br />
so we are left alone crying out for help<br />
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