Keeping Films for Children and Youth in Focus
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We mark our 10th year of equipping children and youth with practical skills in creative and cultural entrepreneurship in 2014. This programme, incepted in March 2005, was initially offered under ArtMatters.Info (under whose umbrella Lola Kenya Screen was founded and…
By Wairimu Wanjage, Communication & Journalism Intern I was attached to the Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media festival, skills-development programme and marketing platform for children and youth in eastern Africa from January 13 to April 11, 2014. As a Communication…
Africa’s 200 million youth could be a source of instability unless the continent addresses pressing issues affecting its youngsters. Experts have identified underemployment and unemployment as catalysts for youth restiveness in the continent. The World Bank estimates that youth account…
Out-of-school youth in Kenya interested in participating in private sector-based training and internship programme have till March 14, 2014 to send in their applications. Application forms to this Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)-organised initiative can be downloaded from kepsa.or.ke or…
Everywhere that you turn you will notice CCTV cameras, and this is a good thing because it helps to protect people. It can be used to deter criminals and catch them if they attempt to do something that they shouldn’t,…
School trips are a highly important aspect of school life, especially for French language students. They provide a huge number of benefits to both students and teachers and can help to boost students’ grades as well as increase their motivation…
Facebook marks its 10th anniversary on February 4, 2014 and, shortly thereafter, dies. Researchers at New Jersey (USA)-based Princeton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have predicted what they refer to as imminent demise of Facebook by comparing the…
Lola Kenya Screen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Arab Emirates’ Children’s International Film Festival. The MoU of friendship and collaboration, signed by Managing Trustee Ogova Ondego for Lola Kenya Screen and Director Deepak Jain for CIFF, shall…
Research on an interactive character on a screen that responds to pre-schoolers and gives them feedback on an early math skill is underway. Sandra Calvert, professor of psychology in Georgetown College and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, has…
Our Managing Trustee and Creative Director represented us at Ajyal Youth Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, where he also presented a paper on ‘Marketing Motion Pictures for Children and Youth’. More than 70 experts from all over the world who…