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Picha Mtaani, Swahili for 'street exhibition', is a youth led peace initiative that primarily seeks to create space for young people to reconcile and become agents of reconciliation to their respective communities.
Two years after Kenya's worst election violence which left 1,500 dead and hundreds of thousands internally displaced, Kenya is a nation in search of its identity. Picha Mtaani aims at providing a platform for national reflection and building local reconstruction consensus through photo exhibitions and conversation. This project aims at organizing target communities to play their part in the reconciliation and reconstruction process.
Through an exhibition set of images taken during Kenya's 2007/2008 post-election violence, we hope that by staring at the horror we inflicted on each other, we can steer the individual towards personal reflection, towards a willingness to have honest dialogue and we also hope to create a space for community healing and reconciliation.
The Picha Mtaani national peace building initiative and exhibition tour, has successfully visited five election violence most affected towns including Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kericho, Kisumu, and has enjoyed tremendous support from the Kenyan public; this was illustrated by the participation of over four hundred and fifty thousand (450,000) young people, the submission of over thirty thousand completed questionnaires (30,000) and the subsequent signing of over forty thousand peace pledges in our exhibitions series throughout the country.
Picha Mtaani targets to reach out to two million young persons in Kenya. We are working in the 210-constituencies mobilizing young Kenyans into Pamoja Tunaweza (Together we can) movement.
We at Picha Mtaani believe that together we can forgive, make peace, heal and move forward. Later this year we will roll out a more innovative, action oriented project that intends to shape 2012 elections. Together we can, Pamoja Tunaweza!
pichamtaani.org
Picha Mtaani, Swahili for 'street exhibition', is a youth led peace initiative that primarily seeks to create space for young people to reconcile and become agents of reconciliation to their respective communities.
Two years after Kenya's worst election violence which left 1,500 dead and hundreds of thousands internally displaced, Kenya is a nation in search of its identity. Picha Mtaani aims at providing a platform for national reflection and building local reconstruction consensus through photo exhibitions and conversation. This project aims at organizing target communities to play their part in the reconciliation and reconstruction process.
Through an exhibition set of images taken during Kenya's 2007/2008 post-election violence, we hope that by staring at the horror we inflicted on each other, we can steer the individual towards personal reflection, towards a willingness to have honest dialogue and we also hope to create a space for community healing and reconciliation.
The Picha Mtaani national peace building initiative and exhibition tour, has successfully visited five election violence most affected towns including Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kericho, Kisumu, and has enjoyed tremendous support from the Kenyan public; this was illustrated by the participation of over four hundred and fifty thousand (450,000) young people, the submission of over thirty thousand completed questionnaires (30,000) and the subsequent signing of over forty thousand peace pledges in our exhibitions series throughout the country.
Picha Mtaani targets to reach out to two million young persons in Kenya. We are working in the 210-constituencies mobilizing young Kenyans into Pamoja Tunaweza (Together we can) movement.
We at Picha Mtaani believe that together we can forgive, make peace, heal and move forward. Later this year we will roll out a more innovative, action oriented project that intends to shape 2012 elections. Together we can, Pamoja Tunaweza!
pichamtaani.org
