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Medium of the paintings: poster paint on paper, size A3. 

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March 2010. Abstract Paintings. 

Children of Lariak Secondary School, Sipili School for the Deaf and Githirwa Secondary School painted the sounds of a drum. This is their first attempt at abstract painting. The sounds were translated into brush marks, colours, and shapes. 

2010.  "Hope"

by our children of our art clubs at Naivasha and West Laikipai schools.

This exhibition was held at the Kenyan Embassy in Paris. see more exhibitions

2009.  "One Year After the Conflict"

In early 2008, MASK worked with child victims of the Kenyan post-election violence in displaced persons' camps in Nakuru town and schools in Laikipia. Children had been traumatised by witnessing people being killed and their houses set alight. They hid in the bush, scared and hungry for days. Some lost their parents and now live with their siblings in over-crowded huts with their relatives who cannot feed them or pay for their schooling. In the refugee camps, a few possessions covered by a plastic sheet have become their homes.  In 2009, one year after the conflict, children expressed their experiences and hopes for the future. The wounds are still open. Children want to go back to their lands and rebuild their houses. As a result of the conflict, famine and hunger became widespread in the country. This became the biggest concern to children, and they strongly expressed their daily struggle for food in their paintings. The exhibition 'One Year After The Conflict' is to be shown at The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO on 20-31 July 2009, and during the UNESCO General Conference in Paris in October 2009.

2009.  Sipili Deaf children

Also see their work on the bottom of their page. 

2009. Our 'best artists'

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2008

Christmas Card Competition, November 2008

The winner! Congratulations to Joseph Mwai!

2008. "Beautiful Kenya"

This is our popular workshop.  Children love painting their great country

2008. Post election conflict in Kenya

"What would I say to the Kenyan Government about the recent conflict?"

The children were asked to express their feelings and views on the recent Kenyan post-election conflict.  

Some paintings were painted by child victims of the conflict.  They are now displayed.

2008.  The deaf children's work, ages 5-17

Workshops: "Best things"; "The worst things" (war, fighting); "What do I want to be when I grow up"