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NO REDUCED RESPONSIBLE LIFE
POVERTY INEQUALITIES CONSUMPTION ON LAND
AND PRODUCTION
CASE:
Sauti Kuu
Foundation
Film
PDAid is presently in post-production phase The film touches several of the 17 Sustainable Development
on our first short documentary film, directed Goals – mainly #12 responsible consumption #15 life on land
and produced by internationally acclaimed film #1 no poverty #10 reduced inequalities.
director and producer, Vibeke Muasya.
Vibeke Muasya follows a group of Kenyan underprivileged
children in the rural Kogelo region in western Kenya. Through
the dynamic work of the NGO Sauti Kuu Foundation, Dr. Auma
Obama and her staff teach the children how to live off the land
available to them. The motto of the Sayti Kuu Foundation is: “Use
what you have, to get what you want”.
The children learn to respect the unpopular vocation of farming
the land. In Kogelo, farming chores are applied as a punishment
in public schools. In Sauti Kuu the children aged 4 to 25 learn
about nutrition and sustainable farming, while learning how
to handle crops, store crops and sell in small scale business
through the local markets. The children build up a sense of pride
and honor in being brought back to the rural vocational skills,
focused on growing the fertile land.
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