On Saturday
07 June the Leicester New Walk hosted a free Voices Open Day. The
Somali community had a range of activities to offer.
There was the chance to join in a drumming and a batique workshop.
You could even find out more about Somali arts and crafts - as well
as try traditional food and drink.
I would like to acknowledge the Somali community groups and
people from the community without whom it simply would not have
been possible.  |
Helen
Cockle
Leicester Voices Producer |
I would
like to acknowledge the Somali community groups and people from
the community without whom it simply would not have been possible.
Leicester
Somali Community & Education Centre, The SWCOL (Halima's Group,
Farhiya's Women's Group, SVOP, Somaliland Community and Jawaahir
Daahir's as Somali Community Development Worker contribution.
A big thank you to...
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| All
ages took part in the Voices Open Day |
Drumming
by Drums Please
Outside the Museum we had some fantastic performances by Drums
Please who are a Leicester based group made up of African drummers
and musicians from all over the African Continent.
They ran workshops for the children and young people who came along
to the Somali Open Day. Everybody - young and old - had fun joining
in I am sure there were some music maestro's in the making!
Mohad Tarrah
He has started the Somali ecological society and is working on a
project with Envrion to make allotments available to people in the
Somali community. Watch
Mohad's Setting Down Roots video.
Exhibition / Open Day
Many People came to the New Walk museum to visit the exhibition
/ Open Day about Somali culture. (I even wore Somali traditional
dress - far right- although I struggled a little bit with the style...
I definitely need more practice!)
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| Hashim
in the middle and Mohad on the right |
Hashim
Duale
He loves his job as a Somali development worker for Leicester East
Primary Care Trust and Abdirahman Koronto - BBC Somali service.
Find out more about Hashim's life changing experience.
Halima
She runs an active Somali Women's group in Leicester. She came
along to the Voices Open Day with all her family.
Ruqia
She works closely with Halima's women’s group and was the interpreter
for Mona Lisa who did a very successful batique workshop.
She was part of a very important project in Somalia ran by the African
Education Trust in collaboration with the BBC called the Radio teacher.
The project aimed to teach over 12,000 people to read by using the
radio.
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| Ruqia
on the left with Mona Lisa |
Having
recently come to Leicester Ruqia has quickly found herself in the
middle of many projects!
We
had visitors from all walks of life and it was a truly integrated
day.
Helen
Cockle
Leicester Voices Producer
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