Kenya-MADRE Delegation to Visit Kenya Indigenous Women + Optional Stay for World Social Forum in Nairobi
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: November 6, 2006
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© Elizabeth Rappaport
Travel to Kenya with MADRE!
Join MADRE’s Voyages with a Vision delegation to Kenya
January 13-20,
2007!*
Visit with inspiring Indigenous Samburu and Maasai women and youth working
to make human rights a reality for themselves and their communities.
*Optional: Stay for the World Social Forum in Nairobi, January 20-25,
2007!
TRIP OVERVIEW
- Travel to rural Indigenous Samburu and Maasai communities, including UMOJA, a unique community
created and led by Samburu women who have declared their village a
violence-against-women-free zone. - Learn from members of MADRE’s sister organization, the Indigenous Information
Network, about their work to combat threats to women’s health and human
rights, such as HIV/AIDS and FGM, in Indigenous communities in Kenya. - Visit with activists working to promote environmental justice and
sustainable development in the face of climate change and attacks on
Indigenous Peoples’ rights and resources. - Join MADRE’s partners for a special safari on their ancestral lands.
- AND—stay for the World Social Forum (see below)!
TRIP DETAILS
Dates: January 13-20,
2007
Accommodations: Hotels in Nairobi, Samburuland, and
Lake Nakuru
Estimated Cost*: $2,150 per person
(double-occupancy)
Cost Includes: Accommodations; breakfast
daily; lunch and dinner in Samburuland and Lake Nakuru; celebration meal on
final day; ground transportation for all planned activities; experienced guides;
translators; and a memorable program, including visits to communities, meetings
with human rights activists, and safari.
Additional cost to stay for
the WSF: $725 (Includes: WSF registration, accommodation, and breakfast
daily.)
*Does not include international airfare.
EXTEND YOUR STAY FOR THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM!
The next World Social Forum (WSF), an annual gathering of activists from
around the world, will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from January 20-25, 2007. MADRE
will stay in Kenya to participate in the WSF and will extend the delegation for
those who would like to join us. At the WSF, through workshops, seminars,
inter-movement dialogues, cultural events, and more, tens of thousands of people
will come together to promote alternatives to neo-liberal economic policies and
reinvigorate debate around issues such as women’s human rights, free-trade,
environmental justice, religious fundamentalism, and militarism. For more
information, please contact MADRE at travel@madre.org and/or visit the World Social Forum website.
TO JOIN MADRE’S KENYA DELEGATION
Because space on these trips is limited, please send us a deposit of $200
($100 of which is non-refundable) as soon as possible to save
your place, using the registration form below. Reservations will be on a
first-come, first-serve basis, so hurry. Delegations often fill up within a few
weeks. Full payment is due on December 13, 2006. If you are
arranging your travel from New York City through MADRE, your airfare may be due
sooner (we will let you know when we need to purchase tickets in order to
guarantee the lowest price). Delegates who cancel before December 13, 2006
will receive a refund of 50%. No refunds are available after December
13, 2006. If you have any questions, please contact Irene Schneeweis at
(212) 627-0444 or travel@madre.org.
We hope that you can join MADRE for this exciting trip! Please share this
information with friends who might also like to join us. We look forward to
hearing from you very soon.
Click here
to download the free software necessary to view PDF documents, or email travel@madre.org if you are unable to access
the registration form.
BACKGROUND
African Indigenous Peoples generally distinguish themselves based on their
position as Peoples who maintain traditional pastoral and/or nomadic cultures
and, as a result, are marginalized by the dominant society. In Kenya, Indigenous
Peoples are fighting for their human rights, including collective control of
their ancestral lands, many of which have been seized for use by corporations
and US and British military bases, with severe environmental consequences. As in
other parts of the world, Indigenous Peoples in Kenya often live in extreme
poverty without access to education and adequate health care, including HIV/AIDS
treatment and prevention. These are some of the conditions that our sisters in
Kenya are working to change.
Indigenous women also face discrimination within their own communities.
Without property rights, they are more vulnerable to poverty and gender-based
violence. As those primarily responsible for preserving their Peoples’ natural
resources and traditional knowledge, however, Indigenous women hold the keys to
combating poverty and creating strategies for sustainable development. Despite
mounting threats to their rights and resources, MADRE’s partners in Kenya are
working to challenge the takeover of Indigenous lands, provide life-saving
information about HIV/AIDS to women and youth in their communities, and defend
their rights on local, national, and international
levels.
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