Power of One, Omekongo, Going North, Invisible Children..Look who is Doing Good.. for Africa

This week: Jenga Safari News

Jenga: swahili word meaning "To Build"

Jenga Safari - Be part of the Jenga Safari Mission... Do Good for the people of Kenya and people of Africa. You can do this by supporting any of the causes or by taking a Safari and visiting/supporting local communities. TWENDE.... LET'S GO!

Power of One Project
Organized by the Dialogue, Start One Inc. See the November Issue of Distinctly Oklahoma. ....The event helped raise awareness for the disadvantaged children and adults of Kenya, Congo and other countries in Africa. The ideas was to End the Silence and use the Power of One to make change...There was good food, music and dance! You should have been there!

.....Omekongo performed some serious and powerful poetry-rap-spoken word that made us all realize what is happening in the Congo is just as bad as DARFUR and yet we are all SILENT!

.....Xola Malik /Kid Sensation was there.. singing Live United, Change, End the Silence , and the best one of all Power of One . They rocked the house...

Maisha International was there too and was raising hope for the orphaned children of the Kisumu area in western Kenya.

.....We were there to support the causes. It was powerful event. Made me ask.. What are you going to do? All of us can make the change if we work together..the Power of One!

Experience Omekongo !
.....If ever you get a chance, go listen to Omekongo.You will experience the powerful spoken word in hip-hop! The lyrics will stir your insides out and motivate you to do something that will bring about Change...

.....He is a Ph.D. student in International Education Policy. His first CD, "A Young Black Man's Anthem: Love, Afrika, and Revolution Revisited" won the 2003 Cambridge Poetry Award for "Best CD". His love for Congo is something you cannot deny.

Going North.org
Mark a graduate from Oklahoma University, has been visiting Kenya including several other countries in Africa with his video camera documenting stuff! He inspires us to do something..not tomorrow, next month or next year...but, Today...NOW! Here are some of his awesome projects.

.....His most recent project Going North has inspired him move to South Africa. Listen to why, how and when all this will happen. This will motivate you to make a change just like he said watching the Invisible Children story, changed his life.

.....His goal is to mobilize local organizations in different countries: Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe etc to work together by sharing resources, sharing ideas so as to maximize their potential and reach their goals more effectively and effeciently.

Invisible Children
Bringing awareness to the hundreds of child soldiers of Northern Uganda. This organisation came about when three young filmmakes travelled to Uganda and saw the unbelievable.

.....Now, they go around regions of conflict documenting the lives of those living in conflict and injustice. They aim to educate and inspire you to make a difference by using your voice of change... read their story.. It is truly amazing..