There is a very special Misean Cara photographic exhibition that is taking place right now in the Dolphins Barn Library in Dublin entitled: ‘The Ruben Centre, Mukuru Slum Kenya.’ This exhibition highlights Edmund Rice Development (the Christian Brothers) overseas mission that empowers communities in some of the poorest countries. Check-out the exhibition and journey to two projects in Kenya that are responding to a range of development challenges. The exhibition will help you explore what it is like to live in a slum where access to education, skills training, income generation and youth empowerment is helping to transform lives.
Children making their own fun in the Mukuru kwa Ruben slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Lar Boland.
The exhibition is free and open to the public, and will continue in the following libraries:
- Dolphins Barn Library, 1 – 28 February 2017;
- Inchicore Library, 1 – 31 March 2017;
- Tallaght Library, 19 June – 14 July 2017; and
- Central Library in the Ilac Centre, 1 – 31 August 2017.
This exhibition highlights one missionary organisation, Edmund Rice Development (ERD), which empowers children and young adults to advocate for themselves on issues like children’s rights, economic, social and cultural rights, rights based approach to poverty, discrimination and marginalisation of groups bearing the brunt of inequitable development.
ERD is the development office for the Christian Brothers overseas mission that empowers communities in some of the poorest countries in the world. It is a member organisation of Misean Cara, a faith-based NGO working with Irish religious and lay missionary organisation in 67 countries. All 90 members work in the areas of education, health, income generation and livelihoods and human rights. Misean Cara provides a range of supports for this international development work.
Bead and necklace creation classes are part of the vocational training at the Ruben Centre. Photo: Lar Boland.
Misean Cara members like ERD use a holistic approach to eliminate poverty by targeting the root causes of social inequalities through locally appropriate responses. In partnership with local communities, and other international and national agencies, this work continues to make a difference to the lives of the poorest.
This exhibition brings you on a journey to two projects in Kenya in East Africa. These projects are responding to a range of development challenges: slum dwellings; access to education; access to vocational education and income generation; and youth empowerment.
Photo Caption: Medical Laboratory Science students from Colaiste Dhulaigh Coolock Carla Tejeda from Barcelona and Leyla Oztas from Dublin at the exhibition. Photo: Lar Boland.
The post Photo Exhibition — The Ruben Centre, Mukuru Slum Kenya appeared first on Misean Cara.