Friday, June 12, 2009

WILBARO GWIAN


The “WILBARO” is our own creation associating different performing artistes.



In “WILBARO”, the wheelbarrow symbolizes the tool each human being is using to make his life journey and consequences of his acts on earth’s destiny. As GWI Artistes Network, art is our wheelbarrow, our tool to bring awareness campaign to the society about our individual and global responsibilities on environmental issues.



The 1st “WILBARO” was premiered on 20th December 2008 with “Climate Change Orchestra” musicians and modern contemporary dancers from “Others Company”.

From the reactions, we feel that pro-active involvement of the community in issues related to climate change and global warming is required urgently. We just creat a 2nd WILBARO show with 43 artistes from our network. A powerfull inovation by dancers, acrobats, drummers, actors, poets and singers dedicating their inspiration to Edutain and combat Climate Change. Premiered at the Village Market in Nairobi, Kenya this 5th June 2009 to celebrate the World Environment Day, WILBARO show was performed also at the French School this 13th June 2009.

Now, the show is ready to be performed anytime, especially to the Kenyan communities and youth. Our Edutainment concept is mostly targeting them as a tool to bring environmental awareness so that they become also agent of change.


Each individual has to get part of the global combat to reverse Climate Change.


WILBARO is a show not to miss.




Monday, November 17, 2008

GLOBAL WARMING INITIATIVE ARTISTES NETWORK

Global Warming Initiative
This is a group of nature (environmentalist) activists and artistes started in 2005 in collaboration with Kikwetu Association and UNEP, during the World Environment Day when we planted 150 trees along Thika road.
World Environment Day 2006, we planted 100 trees at the Mathare mental hospital with an exhibition at the Village Market which attracted over three hundred participants.


Our Mission:
Our Mission is to promote the concept of Art & Environment, as a means to empower people towards becoming active agents of sustainable equitable development.


Our Objective:
The main objective of the GWInitiative Artistes Network organization is to serve the global community through artistic works such as drama, dance, music, poetry and audiovisual with a view of enlightening the people on conservation of the environment hence development and empowerment of the youth and the disadvantaged people of slums and the marginalized communities.
We conduct workshops that promote an understanding of the pivotal role played by communities towards changing attitudes on environmental issues and advocate for a partnership which will ensure a safer and more prosperous future through proper care and management of our precious environment.


Our activities:
  • GWI Artistes Network focuses on art as a reflection of human activities .Consequently, we are involved in the following activities:
  • Creating our own performances using different visual arts, dance, and live music like in WILBARO performance, to spread out our vision about environmental issues.

  • Creating performances platform for events like Kipawa Sato, festivals and road shows to inform the society about the role of arts in the community. We also offer Dance, Music and Narrative workshops with our experienced artists to help upcoming artists to improve in their art.

  • Tree planting and clean up exercises, incorporating general community outreach programme.

  • We organize Workshop open to all local communities, professionals, conservationists, educators, economists, policy makers alike, to bring and share
  • Knowledge, ideas about the following:

  • I. Soil & Nutrition (soil erosion)
  • II. Tree species origin
  • III. Food & Health
  • IV. Sustainability of Human needs & Environment