RIP Pauline MUKESHIMANA, 59 years old

Rwandan women from vulnerable groups in Faces OF Life training took Their first image

During Faces Of Life project by Kemit with the support from Commonwealth Foundation, MARAKUJA the first kemit partner is providing a training on photography, women from vulnerable groups after discovering and identifying key camera buttons took their fist images here is some of them. The theme was the rile of a Pen

Model: KALISA Grace from Kemit

Photography training, lesson: to tell a story through images...

Story telling – from words to images. Group exercise to train the participants to think into images

A short story was told to the participants. They were invited to visualize the story and identify the images that describe the action.  After the images were establish in a common agreement, they identified the characters, decor, props that contribute in the story. After everyone agreed on the particular images that could retell the story, they took the photos in the narrative order, each participant choosing one image. The images were viewed together on the projector, commented so that the ladies choose only the ones that gave sense to the story. After they agreed on the final images, a person that didn't know the story was invited to watch and comment so that the ladies could hear the feed-back and decide by themselves if indeed a story can be told in images, the success of their work and what, why and how they would change certain elements or images in order for the story to be understood exactly how it is.

It is morning. She wakes up suddenly. It is 7 o’clock. She looks around but doesn't recognize where she is. She looks under her pillow and find a notebook and a pen. Holds the notebook and reads. She smiles. Takes the pen and writes: 3 February 2015. She puts her notebook in the bag. Leaves outside in the morning light.

The following are images from the trainees 'first shots, imagine your first time on the camera and you tell a such story with such images

9 selected women from CSOs are now receiving training on visual art

How to use video, photos and sound as a means of expression.

The training is organized comprising 9 women for a period of 5 months. After training, they will have the technical skills and the ability to develop communications tools using art and culture. This mastery will allow them to produce works that reflect their concerns and their views.

Kemit provides and bring creative leadership and technical support through the provision of our staff (local and international experts) and our equipment.

Our team has the expertise and experience of curriculum development for artistic training, and for use of audiovisual material for education, sensitization and awareness.

The Faces Of Life project launch took place at Lemigo Hotel

MUKAGIRIMANA Claudette, 38 years old, Gasabo District

When Kemit visited Claudette at her home, it was during the evaluation of  Faces of Life project Launch 

“I used to see the tall and big building of that hotel but I had never entered there. When we arrived there I was so excited and that time I saw that poor people can really sit with the kings as the bible say”.

Life should not only to be lived, it should be celebrated as well...

During organized dialogues of Faces of Life project, Rwandan women from vulnerable groups had a moment to cereblate life through photography

Faces of  life is a project by Kemit in the purpose to give a voice to Rwandan vulnerable women. This project is supported by the Commonwerlth Foundation

KEMIT is a humanitarian multimedia based organization in Rwanda with the expertise and experience of the production of audio-visual material and its use for development, education, sensitization and awareness. Our team has the technical and artistic skills to face the challenges that such a project brings.

a 44 years old woman from Kicukiro District mobilizes other women

During the Evaluation done after the Faces of Life Projects Dialogues, Kemit visited all the attended women at their homes

MUKAKINANI Verdiane: 

“I thank Faces of life staff so much for thinking about poor people especially us (women).I learnt how I can educate my children very well. And I also learnt how I can create jobs. After attending the launch of Faces of life project, I mobilized other women and we created another cooperative of 17 persons in order to share with them what I learnt from Faces of life project. ”