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Starting in 2012, Ethnor\u00eama-ODV has launched a series of still ongoing projects in support of the Ogiek community of Mariashoni (Elbagon administrative division, Molo district, Nakuru County, Kenya). The projects are co-financed by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (office of international relations and voluntary work) and carried out with various Italian and Kenyan partners. We are truly saddened to announce the death of our colleague, friend and brother Samuel Karanja Muhunyu from Necofa (Kenya). We had the immense privilege of being able to collaborate with him for over 10 years for 5 projects in favor of the Ogiek population and to be able to meet a man who with seriousness, heart and determination has helped many to live better and to find hope and dignity.<\/i> See also a memory of Samuel at this link<\/a> from the Slow Food website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n July 17, 2023 – Delivery of the Certificate of Appreciation by NECOFA From left to right: July 17, 2023 – Delivery of the Certificate of Appreciation by MACODEV (Mariashoni Community Development). From left to right: -0.327512,35.7411<\/p>\n Mariashoni<\/li>\n 2012-2014<\/li>\n Autonomous Province of Bolzano<\/li>\n \u20ac 21.146,00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ethnor\u00eama, Mani Tese Kenya Branch, NECOFA Socio-economic development, safeguarding of traditional knowledge and protection of biodiversity in the Ogiek community of Mariashoni (2012-2014)<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n Report<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n Presentation 1 (Ilaria Micheli)<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n Presentation 2 (Samuel Karanja Muhunyu)<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mariashoni<\/li>\n 2015-2016<\/li>\n Autonomous Province of Bolzano<\/li>\n \u20ac 36.567,49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ethnor\u00eama, \u00a0NECOFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Development programme for the strengthening of identity of the Ogiek community (2015-2016)<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n Report<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n Presentation (Bruna Sironi)<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mariashoni<\/li>\n 2017-2018<\/li>\n Autonomous Province of Bolzano<\/li>\n \u20ac 30.563,64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ethnor\u00eama, NECOFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Development programme for the strengthening of identity of the Ogiek community\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u2013 second phase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (2017-2018)<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n Report<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mariashoni<\/li>\n 2019-2020<\/li>\n Autonomous Province of Bolzano<\/li>\n \u20ac 25.708,66<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ethnor\u00eama, NECOFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Development programme for the strengthening of identity of the Ogiek community\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u2013 third phase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n (2019-2020)<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n \n Report <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mariashoni<\/li>\n 2021-2022<\/li>\n Autonomous Province of Bolzano<\/li>\n \u20ac 29998,68<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Ethnor\u00eama, NECOFA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Promotion of social and economic resilience of the Ogiek community of Mariashoni regarding the challenges in Kenya brought on by Covid-19, climate change and the shift of government land policies<\/span><\/b> (2021-2022)<\/h2>\n \n Relazione <\/p>\n<\/p>\n A collection of traditional Ogiek stories and songs<\/strong> is currently being compiled for publication, edited by Professor Ilaria Micheli of the University of Trieste\u00a0and a collaborator with Ethnor\u00eama (see below for a list of publications on the Ogiek language and culture). The collected texts will then be translated into Swahili, so as to make them more accessible to a wider audience and, above all, to enable their use in the development of teaching materials for primary schools in the Narok and Nakuru districts of Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On the occasion of the 2017 Cooperation Day<\/strong>, the conference entitled Land grabbing. The robbed lands in the global\u00a0South<\/i> was organized by the Foreign Relations and Voluntary Service Office of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. Associate Professor in African Linguistics,\u00a0University of Trieste by Maria Pennacchio<\/h1>\n SBS radio<\/a> (Australia) interview with Bruna Sironi\u00a0(August 11, 2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h1>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attivita-riforestazione-02-scaled.jpg\")
<\/p>\n\nJuly 29, 2022<\/strong><\/h4>\n
We will miss you immensely.
<\/i>A hug and sincere condolences to Samuel’s family and to the whole Necofa team<\/i><\/p>\nAcknowledgements<\/h1>\n
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John Munene (NECOFA director)
Bruna Sironi (Ethnor\u00eama representative in Kenya)
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Frederick Lesingo (President Ogiek Beekeepers Association)
Claire C. Rono (MACODEV treasurer)
Bruna Sironi (Ethnor\u00eama representative in Kenya)
Martin L. Kiptiony (MACODEV president)
John Munene (NECOFA director)
Stephen K. Lelei (MACODEV production manager)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Events and Publications<\/div>\nEvents<\/h2>\n
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The program also included a section called Storytelling: Stories of Development Cooperation<\/i>, in which Ethnor\u00eama presented an account of its activities among the Ogiek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPublications<\/h2>\n
by Ilaria Micheli<\/h1>\n
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– Department of Legal, Language, Interpreting and Translation Studies. Member and contributor to Ethnor\u00eama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/AAA_0699.jpg\")
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(available also\u00a0online<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nArticles:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n“New Kenya, old Kenya<\/strong> \u2013 Violent protests followed the vote for presidential elections in Kenya. For a better understanding of the climate in the country, Jolanda Pupillo, reached Bruna Sironi of Ethnorema, an association based in Nairobi<\/span>“.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/1x1.jpeg\"){kind=spacer}
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