HR!Day734 - Promoting African local creative solutions to benefit people and Planet - Teresa Muthoni, Isabel Wanjiku & Paul Nyaga
Day 734 Wed 7/5/23 Promoting African local creative solutions to benefit people and Planet
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From June 8 - 23, 2023, the Tharaka Cultural Exhibition in Kenya provided an amazing opportunity for honoring, celebrating and safeguarding African cultural heritage for the the benefit of people and the planet. In this session, we will be presenting the details of the exhibition and expound on how we could Revive indigenous and local knowledge for restoration of degraded ecosystem
Tharaka Cultural Exhibition was an opportunity for the local community to reconnect with their indigenous knowledge and practices, analyze the current situation and plan for the future. There was diversity of initiatives including local dances, local food and drinks and demonstration on how they were cooked
One of the main purposes of this activity was for the local communities, especially the young people, to recognize the intrinsic value of traditional cultures and traditional cultural expressions, including their social, cultural, economic, intellectual, commercial and educational values, and appreciate and Promote culture and creativity of the local Tharaka community
Presenters
Teresa Muthoni has extensive experience in empowering community based organizations in environmental management. Specifically her work experience involved promoting local knowledge and community dialogue for sustainable development, management of forest and water resource management, and gender integration in Natural resource management. Teresa previously worked with Greenbelt Movement, International Tree Foundation and now working with One Tree Planted while also spending her weekends and free time empowering people through her new initiative Homegrown sustainability Solutions (HSS) around lifting up traditional ecological knowledge in forest areas in Kenya. She is able to create initiatives that truly listen to the women and support them to discover their potential Teresa hold a Master’s Degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental science.
Paul Nyaga, popularly known as Wakabidhi (Give people what they want), was born in Tharaka and currently lives in Tharaka. He is an established journalist with special talents in social events hosting, publicity, branding, marketing through social media, bill boards, roadshows and entertainments. Wakabidhi is the founder of Tharaka cultural community group. In 2022, the first Tharaka cultural festival was organized. Teresa met Paul, while she was training the communities about how to safeguard threatened tree species and introduced to him about Homegrown Sustainable solutions and agreed to work together on reviving indigenous and local knowledge and intergenerational transfer of the knowledge for sustainable development.
Isabel Wanjiku is a story teller, she mobilize communities in Kenya to plant trees especially the native trees. Trees is her new found passion. You will never be bored when narrating the storiesConvener:
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