Nairobi Web Video Workshop: March 2008

Thursday, March 20, 2008

A New Supermarket in Nairobi Kenya

Handcrafts at Nairobi Market

handcrafts available at maasai market in Nairobi.

Abel Rakotomalala Interview

An interview with Abel Rakotomalala, Madagascar Councilor, Nairobi, Kenya about the cancellation of Air Madagascar flight service to Kenya.

Nairobi Web Video Workshop Complete

Our web video workshop in Nairobi came to a close Tuesday. Participants, pictured left to right included: (front row) George Arende, Xavier Ravelomanantsoa, Mammy Ranaivoson,Christine Mangale, (back row) Andy Hinderlie, Abraham Data, Len Mason, David Ntidendeza and myself.

Workshop participants learned to shoot, edit and upload video the web. Training also included a digital photography session with freelance journalist Stephen Padre, a web development session with Len Mason, lots of good East African food, fellowship and memories.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Nairobi Maasai Music

Music in a Nairobi Maasai Market.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Nairobi Web Video Workshop Photo Essay

As our web video workshop draws to a close here in Nairobi, Kenya, I've put together a random photo essay documenting some of the places we visited, the people we met and images of our participants in action.

The music is a Maasai children's choir we recorded at the Olerum Lutheran Church in Kajiado Parish. Other images include a market in Nairobi, life in a traditional Maasai home, and participants editing video clips at the Methodist Guest House Conference Center in Nairobi. The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania.

www.frakesproductions.com

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Nairobi Masaai Market

Vendors at the Masaai Market in Nairobi, Kenya are struggling because business is slow following post election violence and global competition from new, Western style shopping centers.

Shiro

The story of a young woman displaced by the Kenyan post election violence.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Workshop Begins

Members of the Nairobi Web Video Workshop unpack and examine new audio/video equipment on day one. Look for participant videos later in the week. Pictured in this photo are Abraham Data, Xavier Ravelomanantsoa, Andy Hinderlie, George Arende, Christine Mangale, David Ntidendeza, and Mammy Ranaivoson.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Lutheran Toy Makers

The Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church operates a woodworking shop at its head office in Nariobi, Kenya. The project provides jobs and income generation for at risk youth.

Greeting from George Arende

George Arende heads the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELK) communication department. His responsibilities include the KELC website, print material, including brochures and newsletters. George also serves as the KELC HIV/AIDS coordinator implementing HIV/AIDS projects for the church. In an additional role, George works with Action By Churches Together (ACT) reporting on humanitarian concerns in Kenya. From 2004-2005 George worked for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at the Geneva offices where he helped implement a youth program. George is single and praying with eyes open.

Participants

George Arende garende@kelc.or.ke
George Arende heads the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELK) communication department. His responsibilities include the KELC website, print material, including brochures and newsletters. George also serves as the KELC HIV/AIDS coordinator implementing HIV/AIDS projects for the church. In an additional role, George works with Action By Churches Together (ACT) reporting on humanitarian concerns in Kenya. From 2004-2005 George worked for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at the Geneva offices where he helped implement a youth program.

Ato Abraham Data abrahamdata@yahoo.com
Rev. Ato Abraham Data is from Ethiopia. He serves with the Evangelical Ethiopian Church Mekane Yesu (EECMY) in Yemisrach Dimts Communication Services.

Tim Frakes tim_frakes@comcast.net
Tim Frakes is an award winning videographer, video producer, scriptwriter and editor. A graduate of Harding University, Tim spent nine years in broadcast and corporate video. He spent the next fourteen years as the principle videographer for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). In March 2007, Tim launched an independent video production company. His videos are broadcast on major television networks and distributed world wide through DVD sales, Video Google and You Tube. Tim has produced major documentary programs in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Europe and the Middle East, including many productions in the United States. He and his wife Julie live in suburban Chicago and have three children, Emily (17) Connor (15) and Jack (11).

Rev. Andy Hinderlie Chempast@aol.com
The Rev. Andy Hinderlie is a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He currently serves as the ELCA-Global Mission Regional Representative to East Africa. When not serving in this capacity, Andy loves to take photographs, write and talk. Andy, his wife and children live in Madagascar.

Christine Mangale cmangale@yahoo.com
Christine Mangale, is a member of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church (KELC). After seven years in the KELC head office, Christine moved in 2007 to a new position with a Media production company based in Tanzania. Her office is in Nairobi. The company records, edits and distributes Gospel music. Christine is deeply involved with KELC youth work in the areas of peer education. She has held workshops and seminars addressing negative effects of globalization. She also helps to organize the KELC national youth rallies.

Len Mason len.mason@elca.org
Len Mason is a gifted web developer and designer for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and later served as a missionary in Russia. Len, his wife and three children live in suburban Chicago.

Rev. David Ntidendeza dntidendeza@yahoo.com
Rev. David Ntidendeza is a pastor in the Lutheran Church of Rwanda (LCR). He is pastor at the Nyagatare parish. Rev. Ntidendeza is married to Mukundwa Rose. They have three children, Kaliza (7), Gikundiro (4) and Bahizi (2).

Dr. Mammy Ranaivoson mamy_ranaivoson@wananchi.com
Dr. Mamy Ranaivoson is the Program Assistant for Health Ministries of the ELCA-GM. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya since 2002. At the same time, Mamy is the Africa Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS for the Lutheran World Federation (LWF). Mamy and Noelisoa have five children, four daughters and a son. The first two daughters are in a Lutheran College in America. Mamy is a Medical Doctor. He worked for seven years as a missionary in Papua New Guinea from 1991 to 1999. Mamy has degrees from the University of Madagascar, University of Liverpool, University of Papua New Guinea, Wartburg Theological Seminary and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Xavier Ravelomanantsoa, (MLC) ravelomanantsoaxavier.pierre@yahoo.fr
Xaivier Ravelomanantsoa hales from Antananarivo, Madagascar. He is married and has two children, a son (16) and daughter (13) Xaivier began service at the Malagasy Lutheran Church Communication Center in 1992. He is a technician and public speaker.