VUMA KENYA! Red Cross Benefit Concert (Boston): FEBRUARY 2, 2008

[Guest guest]

PRESS RELEASEJanuary 30 2008VUMA KENYA! BENEFIT CONCERT– FEBRUARY 2Singer, Wainaina, and CNN Heroes recipient Kithene featuredThe Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA) is proud to join hands with VUMAKENYA! towards an affiliation that will help raise a collective voiceand find common ground towards rebuilding Kenya and seeking peace andjustice.VUMA KENYA! is a new and exciting non-profit initiative that is thebrainchild of a group of resourceful and socially connected youngKenyan professionals based in the US. They have decided to pool theirresources in response to the recent post-election violence followingthe disputed December 27th Kenyan General Elections, in order torally fellow Kenyans and concerned global citizens to bring an end tothe violence and strife currently tearing our nation apart.KCA hopes that this initiative will inspire the Diaspora to arise asone and lend a voice of calm and sanity. Distance does not separateus from the country we love, nor does is excuse us from respondingwhen we hear cries of help from across the oceans.In Boston, Massachusetts, The Roxy will throb to a Kenyan beat thisSaturday, February 2, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Wainaina, Kenyanpopular music star and Berklee College of Music alumnus, and Kithene, recipient of CNN's 2007 Heroes Award, will be featured.Kithene will be the evening's keynote speaker. The KCA will also berepresented by its President, Ms. Mkawasi Mcharo Hall. All funds willgo to the Kenya Red Cross to assist in easing the human crisis inKenyaAccording to the Kenyan Red Cross, 575 people have been killed andapproximately 300,000 internally displaced (IDPs). The majority ofthe displaced are from poor areas, and in the midst of the ethno-political tension and polarization, lies an IDP crisis waiting toimplode, begging for quick intervention.VUMA KENYA! not only strives to highlight the plight of theinternally displaced, but also to encourage productive, peace-centered efforts to evoke change. To achieve this ambitious goal, KCAis pleased and honored to lends its support to the initiative toraise awareness using pop culture and the Internet as their maintools.The Roxy is located at 279 Tremont Street; phone 617-338-7699. Pleaserefer to www.vumakenya.org for more information.Contact:

Karimi GitumaHarvard Medical School, Class of 2008Founder, VUMA KENYA! InitiativeBoston, MA

kgituma@... Mkawasi Mcharo HallPresident, KCAThe KCA ExecutiveWashington, DC

president@...

[Guest guest]

PRESS RELEASEJanuary 30 2008VUMA KENYA! BENEFIT CONCERT– FEBRUARY 2Singer, Wainaina, and CNN Heroes recipient Kithene featuredThe Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA) is proud to join hands with VUMAKENYA! towards an affiliation that will help raise a collective voiceand find common ground towards rebuilding Kenya and seeking peace andjustice.VUMA KENYA! is a new and exciting non-profit initiative that is thebrainchild of a group of resourceful and socially connected youngKenyan professionals based in the US. They have decided to pool theirresources in response to the recent post-election violence followingthe disputed December 27th Kenyan General Elections, in order torally fellow Kenyans and concerned global citizens to bring an end tothe violence and strife currently tearing our nation apart.KCA hopes that this initiative will inspire the Diaspora to arise asone and lend a voice of calm and sanity. Distance does not separateus from the country we love, nor does is excuse us from respondingwhen we hear cries of help from across the oceans.In Boston, Massachusetts, The Roxy will throb to a Kenyan beat thisSaturday, February 2, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Wainaina, Kenyanpopular music star and Berklee College of Music alumnus, and Kithene, recipient of CNN's 2007 Heroes Award, will be featured.Kithene will be the evening's keynote speaker. The KCA will also berepresented by its President, Ms. Mkawasi Mcharo Hall. All funds willgo to the Kenya Red Cross to assist in easing the human crisis inKenyaAccording to the Kenyan Red Cross, 575 people have been killed andapproximately 300,000 internally displaced (IDPs). The majority ofthe displaced are from poor areas, and in the midst of the ethno-political tension and polarization, lies an IDP crisis waiting toimplode, begging for quick intervention.VUMA KENYA! not only strives to highlight the plight of theinternally displaced, but also to encourage productive, peace-centered efforts to evoke change. To achieve this ambitious goal, KCAis pleased and honored to lends its support to the initiative toraise awareness using pop culture and the Internet as their maintools.The Roxy is located at 279 Tremont Street; phone 617-338-7699. Pleaserefer to www.vumakenya.org for more information.Contact:

Karimi GitumaHarvard Medical School, Class of 2008Founder, VUMA KENYA! InitiativeBoston, MA

kgituma@... Mkawasi Mcharo HallPresident, KCAThe KCA ExecutiveWashington, DC

president@...