This talk took place at the small is beautiful 2012 festival.
Dr. Karambu L. Ringera is the Founder and President of International Peace Initiatives.
In this inspiring talk from the Small is Beautiful Festival 2012 she talks about reclaiming wastelands: awakening possibilities in unlikely spaces, through telling her life story and the stories of others.
From the International Peace Initiatives website,
“She has used her extensive academic background and international experience working in many countries to design and implement models of effective community engagement, women’s grassroots organizing programs, collaborative problem solving models, pre-emptive and post conflict reconciliation, proactive health campaigns, and a successful, working model of “Amani Homes,” community homes of peace for orphans and vulnerable children. Karambu is a visionary, an activist, a compassionate, committed, formidable force for change, and an inspiration to all who meet her.
From Dr. Ringera:
“I like to think of myself as a peace, healing and reconciliation activist, involved in promoting community based organizing that empowers grassroots people, especially women and children challenged by disease, violence, and poverty. Poverty is not just about lack of money, or absence of violence and disease, rather the greatest suffering in these areas results from lack of access to information, a lack of knowledge and support to successfully utilize and develop local resources to create a better life. My desire is to stand with communities as they learn to listen deeply to the inner knowing of their hearts, identify their needs, craft their own solutions and inspire actions to meet those needs. My role is to support and trust their judgment and promote the implementation of their self-identified solutions. I invite you to stand with me to enable the work of IPI on a path that provides hope and light for all of us.”
More information:
Interview with Karambu
Practical Action, the organisation that puts on the Small is festival
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