MEAK’s heart Mission report 2018.
MEAK Heart Mission Report M. P. Shah Hospital, Nairobi, January 24th – 3rd February, 2018 2017 MEAK are very happy to report yet another highly successful heart mission in conjunction with our loyal sponsors March to the Top. The mission was conducted for the second year running at the M.P Shah Hospital in Nairobi, in […]
On a medical mission in Kenya with MEAK
A successful fundraising campaign for a very successful medical mission in Merti, Kenya It is October 2017, in Merti, Kenya, a town in the middle of a desert-like landscape where the temperatures average up to 100 degrees under a blistering and relentless sun. Dee Belliere, the founder of MEAK, has gathered a […]
Best Wishes for A Happy New Year
I WISH YOU ALL A PEACEFUL, PRODUCTIVE, AND JOYFUL NEW YEAR ! Here are a few photographs from my walk in the Ndotos in Norther Kenya that made me wonder in front of nature. My attention during the end of the year 2016 has been focused on the election and post election circus in […]
Kuona trust: A collective model to teaching art in Nairobi
A collective approach to teaching art in Nairobi, Kenya. After my meeting with at ARTLabAFrica with artist Beatrice Wanjiku and David Thuku, I went with David to check out Kuona Trust which I had heard so much about and where David had a studio space. Set in a green part of town the artists’ studios […]
Interview with Kenyan artist Beatrice Wanjiku
Beatrice Wanjiku as a female artist breaks away from Kenyan traditional expectations, in her art and in her life. The Quintessence of Loneliness III, 2016 Beatrice Wanjiku was born in the Ngong Hills near Nairobi in 1978. She did her art training at the Nairobi’s Buruburu Institute of Fine Arts from which she graduated […]
Kenyan artist, Peterson Kamwathi has a solo show in New York City
A creative voice from Nairobi speaking up for good governance and peace Peterson Kamwathi , a contemporary artist from Kenya had his first solo show in New York City at the Volta art fair in March. ArtLabAfrica had been selected to show Kamwathi latest series “Positions”. This series came about as a reaction to the increasing […]
The Afrofuturism of Wangechi Mutu
‘Kenyan-born artist Wangechi Mutu is among an emerging group of talents bringing narratives of contemporary Africa to global audiences.Her latest collection of works, “Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Collection,” is being called an exploration of her journey and an ‘Afropolitan moment.’ Read more Source The Guardian Read more
Medical Report of MEAK’s activities during the last six months
SUMMARY OF MEAK ACTIVITIES FOR SIX MONTHS TO END OF JUNE 2013 The first six months of 2013 has proved and interesting period for our charity with some very positive aspects to report as well as a couple of set backs. MEAK has been working in Kenya since 1994 and has been carrying out […]
Good things also happen in Nairobi
Walking the streets of Nairobi One thing one learns when being in Africa is never to be rigid when you make plans! I came to Nairobi in November of last year. On my way to a fund raising safari walk up North country I arrived with a group of ladies and men at the hotel […]
A day in the life of nurse Rita in Samburu land, Kenya
A lesson in improvisation: On the bank of the dry river bed babies get immunization shots. I love the feeling of the small twin engine plane speeding up the airstrip at Nairobi Wilson airport, the noise that it makes when the engines are on full blast and the following lightness as the plane lifts off […]
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