Kenya’s 2015/16 Communication for Change participants are currently in Oslo Norway for their second leg of the exchange programme.
The two students Calver Mwando and Doreen Jemutai- Kenyatta and Moi Universities respectively- will join their counterparts from Tanzania, South Africa, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Brazil and the host country, during their 4-month stay in Norway. The first leg of the programme was held in Kenya late last year, during which Norwegians representatives Anna Selvik and Rosalind Dale participated.
It was indeed a historic moment for Kenya’s participants, it being their first time ever to travel overseas. “Who knew that one day I will board a plane to travel abroad, it’s only by God’s grace,” remarked Calver Mwando shortly before he departed from the Jommo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.
“The journey was awesome, we enjoyed. But when we got to Paris security was very tight and they took out our lotions and body splash because they were more than 100ml” said Doreen Jemutai about their layover in Paris.
The participants will travel to various parts of Norway for non-academic activities that are geared towards building young leaders to a global movement of justice and peace. During this process the participants are expected to skills, knowledge and experience through trainings and work related to youth mobilization in the south (developing countries) and in Norway.
Communication for Change is a programme run by the Norwegian Church Aid (Norwegian YWCA-YMCA, NCA and partner organizations in the south among them the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK). It’s the fifth year NCCK is implementing this programme that has seen many of the former participants making an impact in their respective areas of engagement including taking up leadership roles in various noble causes.
