Lunga Fest

Bring your Kids, Bring your Grannies,
Bring your Brothers and yo Sistas,
Bring your Ponies and your Bikes to

The Lunga Festival!

Be ready to float around this garden of green,
between a chapati and a chocolate dream,
there sound strings of song
Who's playing that tune?
What's this whiff of drum?
Pretty sweet scene!

Swinging hullahoops, Mind that ice cream
Where are the kids?
Mounting some sheep
Would do the same, but I'm shopping some work
Learning how to sing, dance, repair, grow, prepare
Getting a massage
Breathing the air of a story-teller's tale
Inhale, llisten, think, exhale

How sweet the smell of grass and the twirls of smoke
Thoughts, ideas are crawling under our toes
A giveaway dress steals a silly wink
A firelight blinks as the night sets in


OUR AIM:

In celebration of Bena Kyengo and her unceasing efforts to empower her community in her home, the slum village Lunga Lunga in Mukuru, Nairobi, we propose a day full of joy, teaching and learning, dancing and listening, and delicacies for the senses.
We are FUNDRAISING for the project Mukuru Viwandani Network: a group that is being set up by the inhabitants of Mukuru slum (60.000 ppl), on Bena's initiative. They aim to create a central point of information and a registered and unifying network by which all inhabitants of Mukuru can be informed (a big problem is lack of information) and united in their strivings towards a better future.
This one initiative could lead to crucial changes in the lives of thousands of people, and the beautiful thing is it is emerging from the initiative of local people, giving everybody courage, strength and inspiration.

Entrance is FREE and workshops will most probably be donation based, but don't forget we are fundraising!