Girl Child Creativity

Dear Supporters , well wishers , the media , clusters and friends. The year 2011 was a successful and a very busy year , thus the year we managed to launch this noble project girlchildcreativity, www.girlchildcreativity. blogspot.com.We carried a series a programs and activities  in schools , public affairs centres  , children drop in centres , homes and cultural centres. We saw the launch of the project in june 2011  with the assistance of the US Public affairs Department , New ambassador hotel , girlchildnetwork , chidza cild care centre and other we ll wishers and girlchild activists. The New ambassador hotel hosted and sponsored the launch of this project , while the public affairs provided with communication , admin ,markeing  and small grants for growing the project. The Chiedza Child care  centre hosted the first  motivational workshop  that saw the attendance of 21 students of the age between 13-21 , we had good writing and...

Dear, Great People, Girlchild Advocates ,media and artists , todaygirlchildcreativity project is hosting  a discussion forum on theimpact of Hiv/Aids on the development and creativity of girlchildatached is the poster and hope everyone of you saw our press releaselast week, the event is at the bookcafe from 530-730pm, discussantswill be Mrs Gandanga from ministry of health, Hiv/TB unit, Sithengifrom Patsime trust, Cynthia Marangwanda poetess.please find attached poster. from Mbizo Chirasha Creative director girlcjildcreativity@gmail.com www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com call +263 734 332 309

Our Girlchildcreativity end of year calendar of events/Press Release by Mbizo  Chirasha Our 2011 activities have proved to be worthsome  through the response we got from collegues , girls , schools  and other serious stakeholders  in the community  and develomental  , it is a fact that sponsorship is difficult to get , but with  the small grants we recieved from the United states public affairs we managed to host and organize  thought provoking and succesful events that included discussion forums ,.motivational worksahops , cluster launches and vistations. so far the girlchild creativity is working on an anthology writen by students in a masterclass workshop  , we organized  in the beginning of october based on the creative social social responsibilty  theme , Verses against Hunger with a case study of somalia.Bulawayo food for thought seminar was  successful and famous  , the gweru interventions brought lif to the cit...

Bulawayo Food for Thought seminar [Role of creativity in empowering and developing girls] by Mbizo Chirasha   Thursday the 13th of October was a hive of activity at the Bulawayo public library where the American corner is situated, the Girlchildcreativity project director gave a vibrating and thought provoking session to a crowd of participants that was well represented by educationists, academics, child development activists and the media. The discussions centered on how to foster creativity to the girl child, the importance of empowering the girl child through creativity, talent identification and other models of mental development, the role of parents and teachers in stimulating creativity in children. Some participants argued that sometimes their talents and creativity die a natural death in their growing stages , and it came to light that lack of creative dynamics like motivation, talent realization and inspiration in talent demise. Some argued  its difficult...

The Second Week of October 2011 with Girlchildcreativity Update by Mbizo Chirasha by Mbizo Chirasha on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 10:05am We still continue to view the world we live  as a world that will lead us to success  only if we seek for the balanced creative opportunities between  girls and boys , thus we dedicate our days  for the development of the girl talent and creativity, in this  we have a wonderful diary as girlchildcreativity, a diary of events and activities that continue to realise the importance of developing  girlchild arts , creativity and talent. Our   October Second week diary 1]  Tuesday 11 of october, Chiedza Child Care vistation by the producer[ Mbizo Chirasha] and the Outreach liason[ Rumbidzai Marangwanda]  for the preparation of the future events , activities and calendar for the centre , the Girlchildcreativity seek to continue empwering children at this centre wit...

The GirlChild Creativity project is growing in leaps and bounds. A number of discoveries, programs and activities are being witnessed by our Zimbabwean community through its efforts. Since the launch of the project in June the organizers of this program have not turned their back on motivating girls through creativity The Girl child creativity project is  moving on in developing the minds of girls using creative arts as  a model , we ended the month of September with two vibrant events , the mind blast discussion forum[Creativity as a Human Right] , that seek to inform the communities about  the right to creative/artistic and talent expression , the discussion was held at the book cafe cultural cent re that saw the attendance of female artists , women rights activists , politicians , students and others, speakers included  Zimbabwe women lawyers association , international law students , female poet  Rumbidzai Marangwanda moderated the event , While the GCC ...

Creativity Motivational Workshop 29th sept 2011 Organizers and Facilitators Profiles Mbizo Chirasha/ Faciltator on Writing skills and motivational interventions Mbizo the BlackPoet is an internationally acclaimed perfomances poet/writer/live literature producer/creative projects consultant, he works as a poetry festival manager, creative interventions consultant, perfomances poet, public /media relations facilitator,poetry writer, poet/writer in residence,publications coordinator and compiler.The Poet is published in more than 62 journals, literary magazines, poetry anthologies, creative reviews and cultural research anthologies and thesis, in the States, Britain,Germany,India,South Africa,Norway ,Turkey ,Finland ,Iceland,Zimbabwe ,Namibia and also Ghana. He has CO-authored a poetry Anthology /Whispering Woes of Ganges and Zambezi with Sweta Vikram, indian bornpoet based inNew York,USA.Mbizo is the founder of Girl Child creativity project, a project that seek to mitigate ...

Creativity motivational workshop/29 TH 0F September 2011 Organized by Girlchildcreativity project Thrust- creative social responsibility and community transformation through creativity/art. -the workshop participants will   be   work shopped on the   role of creativity and arts in empowering communities and also on how poetry and creativity can transform communities   from situations like hunger and poverty   . Participants will have a writer’s session that will see their workshop writings being published in a small book to also further continue developing literacy and readership culture. Case study - Verses against hunger/Somalia. The workshop also give a belated celebration of world poetry movement and 100 thousand poets for change held on the 24 th of September by the   whole world ,thanks to Michael Rothen burg 29 th of September Program /Mannenberg Harare , five avenue shopping centre at the Book café Time-   9am- 1pm/lunchti...

Girlchildcreativity project is progressing and moving with vibrancy and effectiveness , towards the end of septmber 2011 , girlchildcreativity held a mindblast discussion  dubbed creativity as a humanright , that saw the poet Allen Chitsanzara /international law student presenting a paper on where creativity meet human rights ,  zimbabwe women Lawyers Association  gave an enlightening short presentation on how society need to uphold talent and creativity development.Girlchildcreativity director Mbizo Chirasha gave a insight on the greatest insight of creative mind and also entwined arts , education and  creativity and how society need to continue using creativity as social and community interventions. on the 29th september  we are having a creative social responsiblity writers/arts workshop , that will touch on  social issues like hunger  and poverty giving a case study of somalia, the workshop will bring 10-15 students from our clubs around ha...

           

Verses against Hunger/POETRY FOR SOMALIA Special project. Girl Child creativity Project will on the 29 of September hold a fringe special program ,Verses against Hunger /Somalia to bring the sense of creative social/community responsibility to 20 young female students from its clusters around Harare who have a talent in writing poetry. www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com Timeline of the Event Sept/ October 2011 Introduction of the Event -girl child creativity is a project designed to mitigate the Underrepresentation of young female artists /writers in areas of Creative enterprise, performances poetry, literacy and readership Culture development and then Verses against Hunger/ Poetry For Somalia Project come in our Calendar as a special fringe project and arts in using creative social responsibility model through workshops, writing and reading with students in our Clusters Participation -[ 20 female students] -Hopely farm schoo...

GIRLCHILD CREATIVITY PRESS RELEASE September /octoberActivities 2011 With a good background of successful activities GirlChild Creativity continues to shine with a good line-up consisting of myriad activities that continue to strengthen and motivate the creative spark in girls and young female artists in Zimbabwe. The month of August ended on a high note with the last weeks full of life and activity. We saw the launch of the Hatcliffe cluster at Premier College and the attendance could only be described as mesmerizing. The students were eager to be part of the proceedings and gave long scintillating performances of their poetry. It was a joy to listen to the vibrating voices of music rising from both male and female students of the college. The male students were there to support their counterparts, the girls, in their art. In attendance were Premier College staff, including the headmaster Mr. Jon Motsi and our cluster manager at Premier College Ms Rebecca Simawo....

Girl Child Creativity on the 19th of august as part of its communty expansion and outreach activities, Girlchildcreativity project launched the Premier college cluster  in Hatcliffe.

The Role of Creativity in Developing the Girl Child On August 24, Wednesday afternoon, the American Corner in Gweru will hold a Food For Thought Discussion on the topic “The Role of Creativity in Developing the Girl Child” in collaboration with the Girl Child Creativity (GCC) project. 23.08.11 08:09am 4 0 by The Zimbabwean Harare Email Facebook Twitter Print The GCC project and the US Embassy have collaborated on a number of events and this is a build up towards the strengthening of the relationship through taking the project far and wide so as to make greater impact in the life of the girl child. The GCC seeks to mitigate the underrepresentation of young girls in areas of creative enterprise as well as to develop talent, creativity, boost self worth, self identification and self definition using creative and artistic models. So far the project has launched four clusters in Harare and facilitated some workshops and discussions. Rumbidzai Marangwanda who is the GCC media re...

reaGIRLCHILD CREATIVITY PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 2011 The GirlChild Creativity project is growing in leaps and bounds. A number of discoveries, programs and activities are being witnessed by our Zimbabwean community through its efforts. Since the launch of the project in June the organizers of this program have not turned their back on motivating girls through creativity. On the 19 th of August GirlChild Creativity is launching the Premier College cluster in Hatcliffe. In attendance will be diplomats, established artists, students and staff members from the college. The theme for the launch will be “Enriching Creativity in Our Communities”. The cluster manager will be Rebecca Simawo, a literature teacher at the college and the program will run from 9am-1pm. Next on the agenda is the GirlChild Creativity Food For Thought Seminar on 24 August taking place in Gweru. Its theme will be “The Role of Creativity in Developing Girls”. The speakers will be Mbizo Chirasha, founder of GirlChild Crea...

Mbizo Chirasha[Founder/Producer/Creative Director] Mbizo the BlackPoet is an internationally acclaimed perfomances poet/writer/live literature producer/creative projects consultant, he works as a poetry festival manager, creative interventions consultant, perfomances poet, public /media relations facilitator,poetry writer, poet/writer in residence,publications coordinator and compiler.The Poet is published in more than 62 journals, literary magazines, poetry anthologies, creative reviews and cultural research anthologies and thesis, in the States, Britain,Germany,India,South Africa,Norway ,Turkey ,Finland ,Iceland,Zimbabwe ,Namibia and also Ghana. He has CO-authored a poetry Anthology /Whispering Woes of Ganges and Zambezi with Sweta Vikram, indian bornpoet based inNew York,USA.Mbizo is the founder of Girl Child creativity project, a project that seek to mitigate the underrepresentation of younggirls in areas of creative enterprise, creative writing, perfomances art ,literacy de...

By Martin Chemhere/Shout Africa media – Johannesburg: The young but vibrant creative empowerment project is realizing huge growth with local media buzz leading to unprecedented awareness around Harare city and many parts of the country. Form today until the first week of August, Girlchildcreativity ( www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com ) will host a collaboration young females talent showcase and dinner in conjunction with the New Ambassador Hotel at the new hotel in Harare. Coming together are artists and students from 3 schools to participate in a performance for schools such as Hopely Farm, Premier College (Hatcliffe) and Chiedza Childcare centre from Mbare. Taking part are artists Elsa Kamsoda, Vasadza, Mutumwa Pavi, Amanandos Dance Group, Trybe Africa, Petina and Friends, Victor Moyo, Ruvimbo Mtasa, Doc Vikela. Another major promising event lined up is the Mind Blast Discussion at the Book Café , and a collaboration between the Book Café, Pamberi Trust and Girlchildcreativ...

By Martin Chemhere – Johannesburg: The young but vibrant creative empowerment project is realizing huge growth with local media buzz leading to unprecedented awareness around Harare city and many parts of the country. Form today until the first week of August, Girlchildcreativity ( www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com ) will host a collaboration young females talent showcase and dinner in conjunction with the New Ambassador Hotel at the new hotel in Harare. Coming together are artists and students from 3 schools to participate in a performance for schools such as Hopely Farm, Premier College (Hatcliffe) and Chiedza Childcare centre from Mbare. Taking part are artists Elsa Kamsoda, Vasadza, Mutumwa Pavi, Amanandos Dance Group, Trybe Africa, Petina and Friends, Victor Moyo, Ruvimbo Mtasa, Doc Vikela. Another major promising event lined up is the Mind Blast Discussion at the Book Café , and a collaboration between the Book Café, Pamberi Trust and Girlchildcreativity. Speakers ...

The girlchildcreativity project is  a very young but vibrant project that have realized a bid and thunderous support from the press both print , ezines and electronic , the project have become a tslk of the city and the country. it also received vibrant support during its launch in June from the US embassy public affairs  thorough its head and staff  as well the New ambassador hotel through the GM, Garry Webbstock and the staff. Activities that really kick started idea were hosted by  both the public affairs in form of seminar ,motivating creativity in girls  on the 21st of June that saw schools from around the city sending girls to brainstorm on issues pertaining talent realization and self worth , the program was a collaboration between , Slum Cinema, Girlchildcreativity and Us PUBLIC Affairs. on the day of the African child , girlchildcreativity was hosted by chiedza childcrare centre in Ardibene near mbare for a workshop on creative motiva...