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“inspiring action for peace”
At the time of this interview, Karambu was preparing to leave for Kenya where she would spend July working on the Amani Community Home for kids orphaned by AIDS. She was taking a group of eight people to work with her. The construction had been started and her hope was to complete the first phase in 2006.
They will took a Cultural Tour for Peace with the group of eight. They plan to camp with a community of Samburu women who had created a women’s village after so many of their husbands, fathers and sons were murdered. Karambu’s organization is supporting them with school materials and construction of a school for their kids
Peace is about being in all situations, even difficult ones, with calm
Addressing challenges of war, poverty, disease are opportunities.
More about Karambu Ringera
Karambu establishes deep personal relationships with members of struggling communities, helping leaders identify their needs and then strategizing with them to get those needs met. Through IPI, Karambu works with grassroots women’s groups and individuals to develop agency in order to strengthen communities. She strives to create social change through empowerment of those most affected by poverty, disease, and under-education. Karambu works closely with individuals doing the work on the ground and you can learn more here.
Karambu also works with grassroots groups to highlight the effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty and war on women and children and the impact of women’s grassroots peace initiatives on communities in Africa. She convened a Women’s International Grassroots Peace Congress in Nairobi Kenya in August 2005 to address the role of grassroots women’s peace building in Africa, which attracted people from Africa, Asia, Seychelles, Taiwan, Canada, and USA.
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