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VIFA QUEENS is a duo of Faith and Victoria from Dandora phase two. The two young ladies with the help of their mum who is an environmental activist are actively involved in advocating for decommissioning of Dandora dumpsite and construction of drainage channels in informal sectors. 

VIFA QUEENS FIGHT FOR GOOD AIR QUALITY IN DANDORA.

Mazingira Yetu (Our environment) song by Larry and Shamir is highlights how pollution is killing Rivers and the aquatic life inside them. The song warns that if we do nothing then we shall have alot of explaining to the future generations of inaction to protect our Rivers, Lakes and Oceans.

Mazingira yetu (our Environment) song

Usikate miti (Do nut cut trees) song by Brenda and Sharon highlights the value of trees like their ecological value of providing oxygen, improving air quality, control climate by moderating the effects of the sun, rain and wind and supporting wildlife. Trees also provide us medicine like the Neem tree (Azadirachta indica) leaves are used to treat malaria. Kenya's current tree cover is 7.6% against the  recommended 10%. Indiscriminate cutting of trees and lack of a tree planting culture is hampering Kenya's quest of attaining 10% cover as envisioned. It's advisable for two trees to be planted for each cut down, the youth should embrace tree growing as a way of life and counties should take a lead role in ensuring that their counties attain a 10% forest cover to complement the National government's efforts. 

USIKATE MITI (DO NOT CUT TREES) Song

Ndovu (Elephant) song by Samchizi looks at how Elephants share so much with humans. Example are the strong maternal instincts, complex societies, mourning their dead, display of empathy, long memories, playful nature and self awareness. Such behaviors should draw us humans close to them and oppose any activities that would result to their killing for sport or for their tusks.

NDOVU (Elephant) Song

Kifaru twakupenda (we love our Rhinos) by Sam chizi is a song that appreciates the social-ecological value of rhinos and the dangers it faces inform of poaching. The Black and White Rhinos are the two species found in Africa. Most of the continents Rhino species are found in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya.  Rhinos are important grazers which help shape the African landscape and they do attract tourists. Poaching remains the greatest threat facing Rhinos due to an insatiable demand for their horns in Asia. 

KIFARU TWAKUPENDA (WE LOVE OUR RHINOS) song

Binwei ,wuzhong is Mandarin for endangered heritage. The song was by Judy, Samchizi and Stitches in Mandarin, Kiswahili and English. Wildlife species such as Rhinos, Hirola and Elephants are endangered due to an increased level of poaching for their horns, tusks and meat. The same is with plant species such as Sandal wood that are being lost as a result of illegal logging. The world needs to work together in ensuring that we don't loose our precious flora and fauna out of greed for money but be mindful of the future generation who will want to live with this animal and plants

BINWEI WUZHONG (Endangered heritage) song

Mazingira na afya (Health and Environment) is a song done by Samchizi and Shaffie. The song describes how a clean environment translates to good health. According to UNICEF, Kenya has the third largest number of people in Africa who drink directly from contaminated surface water surfaces and an estimated 5 million Kenyans practice open defecation. The situation is worse in urban slums where the number of toilets are countable forcing people to openly defecate or use rivers as their toilets

MAZINGIRA NA AFYA (HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT)

Planet earth is song done by Lukwago from Uganda, Vincent Shema from Rwanda, Samchizi, Brenda and Stitches from Kenya. The song celebrates the cultural diversity of East Africa as a unifying factor.

PLANET EARTH song

Simba mjasiri or Brave Lion Song by Samchizi and Stitches brings out an element about Lions that's rarely communicated out there. Lions are Brave, loving and caring to their cubs and members of their pride. The New Lion Economy, unlocking the value of lions and their landscapes, Equilibrium Research report indicates that landscapes supporting lions, ''Lionscapes'', provide more ecosystem services, the benefits that humans receive from healthy ecosystems than the average in Africa. Lions in Africa are facing a myriad of challenges like decline in their habitat range due to urbanization and agriculture, human wildlife conflict resulting to poisoning and a reduction in the number of prey. Protection of Lion rangers from rapid urbanization and agriculture is important in safe guarding their existence, tourism should benefit the communities living with Lions to reduce the hostility around them and education to the younger generation should be emphasized to help them understand the social-cultural value of Lions to their communities.

SIMBA MJASIRI (BRAVE LION) SONG

Ndege (Birds) song by Waridi and Brenda.  Africa has recorded 2,355 species of birds of birds making it a bird watching paradise to the bird watching enthusiasts and tourists. The birds in Africa occur everywhere from Lake Assal which is 156M below sea level to mt Kilimanjaro at 5,900M above sea level. Birds in Africa play an important social-cultural role through proverbs, riddles, stories and songs. Birds like the Blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) have been used by communities in western Kenya to predict the weather. Ecologically, birds play an important role as an indicator of the health of the environment because of their responsive to environmental changes In spite of the value they have to Africa and it's people, birds continue to face a number of threats namely: -Hunting and trapping -Habitat destruction -Poisoning -Climate change and severe weather -Illegal birds trade The onus is on each one of us to ensure birds habitats are protected, develop an interest in bird watching and lobby our respective national and local Governments do develop and enforce policies geared towards protecting birds habitats also encourage young people to develop interest in birding as a career either in tourism, sciences or the arts like Brenda and Waridi

Ndege (Birds) song

Water is life song was done by Eglah and Stitches.  40% of Kenya's population have no access to clean drinking water and that's translates to 20 million people out of a total population of 50 million people. Without clean drinking water then cases of water borne diseases like typhoid and dysentery will continue to rise due to consuming of contaminated water. This calls for the National and County Governments to invest more resources to ensure there's easy access to clean and affordable drinking water both in the urban and rural areas. 

WATER IS LIFE

Spirit of a hero song was sung by Ranger Matep, Brenda and Samchizi. The song appreciates the the sacrifices that wildlife rangers and other individuals go through in order to safe guard our fragile ecosystem from destruction as a result of many factors like poaching, illegal cutting of trees, ignorance on the value of the ecosystem and disasters like fires. Each one of us can become a hero or heroine if we are a ready to go the extra mile in championing our cause for the sake of humanity, flora and fauna.

SPIRIT OF A HERO

This song was done by an artist called Stitches and it was inspired by siafu which is swahili for ants. Ants are very industrious, organized and they teach us team work. In a journal of Biomechanics, researchers reported that the neck joint of a common American field ant can with stand pressures upto 5,000 times the ant's weight. This and many other attributes should give us a reason to protect their habitats from being destroyed.

SIAFU SONG

Gerima Mustafa walked for 644KM from Kampala to Nairobi in 19 days to raise awareness of the challenges facing the Shea nut tree (Butryospemum parkii) in Northern Uganda. The trees are currently being sold for only 1 USD to be burnt into charcoal hence driving the tree into an eminent extinction in spite of its many benefits. Shea nut tree nuts when added value can produce vegetable oil, the high allantoic content in the butter makes a useful base for pharmaceutical prepaeations, the butter is used to make soap, lotions, sunscreen among many other products. Gerima has shown the world that trees too need a voice and each one of us can do something to address the various environmental challenges facing the world today. 

WALK WITH GERIMA

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