Tuesday, June 30, 2009

CAN YOU WEAR THIS?

Destruction constructed...

Ignorance unclothed...

"This will go down as the worse day of my life. In the emergency room I step over the dead to reach for those dying. They were out of supplies. They had to use the same needle to suture multiple people. They were out of IV's in the hospital and all drug stores in town are closed. Called the owner of Eldochem and he met me at his shop within 10 minutes. Loaded my car to the brim with all of his IV fluids, tubing and suture sets and returned to the ER. Many burns along with at least a hundred with lacerations all over their bodies. Too many were just bodies. We lost an unknown number of children in Eldoret in a single church fire. Best guess is >30 children may have died in this single blaze. Many of the burned adults and children survivors are in our ER."

"More people have died today in Eldoret than the number reported in the media for all of Kenya! Got our food truck and formed a caravan: Armed guards in front and behind, our truck, I was in a Kenyan Red Cross truck. We drove to the Eldoret airport to pick up supplies flown in to us by the Red Cross. We loaded literally tons of wonderful supplies and just got them back to the hospital. Even included a Red Cross trauma surgeon who flew up with the supplies. The drive to the airport is just too much. There are fires in all directions as homes and shops burn. Literally hundreds of refugees walk along the road. Sometimes it is 30-50 children and a single adult walking along carrying what they can. The road itself was cluttered by large stones that represented road blocks where they look in the car for those who are the "wrong tribe". There must be 20 blocked areas in that short drive. Most abandoned but not all. Passed many burned out homes and shops on the way. Standing on the tarmac of the airport, I could see smoke coming up on the horizon in all directions. I have pictures but lack the courage to even look at them myself much less send them until I relax a bit."

"It is my understanding that things in Western Province are pretty stable. The bulk of the crisis is in Rift Valley where we are, Nyanza, Nairobi and Coast. Those who flew in on the plane describe smoke coming up all along between Nakuru and Eldoret. I will not be able to process what I have seen; perhaps never understand my feelings. Be assured that the human genome needs many more years of evolution if it can get there biologically. The only way I can see to jump our inherent flaws as a race is to encounter something deeper in our lives than just self. It is a precious thing to have a deep feeling of being changed by our faith."



"Never take that for granted. It is all that gives sanity to what I have seen today."

PRINA SHAH
b.1973, Nairobi, Kenya
Live and Work in Kenya

Probe:
The Amnesia Project Platform 7

Friday, June 26, 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

Heal our nation...



Picha Mtaani
aims at providing a platform for national reflection and building local reconstruction consensus through photo exhibitions and debate.

Click HERE to read more...

Sunday, June 7, 2009

INVITATION TO READING OF 'IT'S OUR TURN TO EAT'- BOOKS ON SALE AT KSH. 900 ONLY

PEN Kenya invites you to an afternoon of readings and discussion of Michella Wrong's 'It's our Turn to Eat'.

DATE: SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2009
TIME: 2-5 PM
VENUE: KENYA NATIONAL THEATRE (Main Hall)

Previous libel suits against local booksellers have led to fear and intimidation and the book is currently unavailable in stores. It contains crucial issues for the country, for which reason PEN Kenya endeavors to make it available to the wider public. The books will be sold at a reasonable price of ksh. 900. Subsequent readings, discussions and book sales will be held around the country.

Forward and circulate this invitation to all you know that might be interested and lets meet to discuss problem areas in our country and work out possible solutions.

We look forward to engaging with you,

PEN Kenya.

PEN- In defense of freedom of expression and promotion of literature

Saturday, June 6, 2009

AwaaZ Issue 1, 09 is out!

AwaaZ Issue 1, 09 is out! Available at la baquette, Westlands, Monty's Sarit Centre, Book point, bookstop - Yaya Centre, Spring Valley S/Mkt, Simply Books - ABC place. Or email editors@awaazmagazine.com for more details.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Kenyan banned by Facebook...

Just read on Hot Secrets that award winning Kenyan photographer, Boniface Mwangi has been banned by facebook for 'controversial statements' against our tribal corrupt thieving politicians. Shocking! Have our Kenyan politicians bought shares in facebook too???

Read the full post HERE.

Boniface is undoubtedly one of the most fearless photographers on the continent and was instrumental in revealing the extent of tribal and political violence during the post-election crises.

Have our Kenyan politicians bought shares in facebook too???

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