We are the Change Generation By Zachariah Muturi (Kenya)

Zachariah Muturi, a young university student from Kenya, has composed yet another hit song 'My Plea' with a powerful message on clean elections, responsibility and leadership. His first hit 'We are the Change Generation' was the theme song for the 1st Eastern Africa Youth Conference in Feb 2011.

Waltraut Stroh is pastor for international students in The Hague. She has been a frequent user of the DVD The Imam and Pastor, and more recently also An African Answer. Recently she visited Kenya for a study tour, with a copy of An African Answer in her rucksack, which she showed in an area in Kenya which had experienced considerable violence.

Mike Muikia, a young Kenyan who recently came back home after the intensive Action for Life programme, shares his experience and learning during the programme.

In March workshops were conducted in Pretoria, Laudium and Ventersdorp. Each workshop had challenges of its own.

Thirty-one members of Farmers’ Dialogue from fourteen countries (East Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia) met in Kigali (Rwanda) in an informal and stimulating setting to consider the various missions of the programme and the team's commitments as a result of their missions. This diverse group of people took time to think about the roots of their programme and the impact it could have on their way of thinking and their commitment.

Zachariah Muturi, a young man from Kenya, shares some of his experiences learnt from his recent visit to Rwanda.

Zahra A Hassan, Director of Women of the Horn and Project Co-ordinator of the Somali Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy (SIDD), has found a passion in working for change at many levels in her community - including initiatives to end the practice of female genital mutilation.

Kenyans are being duped into letting those responsible for the 2007/2008 post-election violence escape justice, writes Ann Njeri Ndiangui.

‘I was almost giving up on peace and all these peace trainings. I have attended so many of them but none of them has been practical and effectual. Apart from Peace Circles, all the other trainings have been theoretical, and they are facilitated by people who don’t believe in what they are telling others to do.’ 18 women attended the 3 days of Creators of Peace Circles facilitation training from 30 March - 1 April, 2011 at Amani Communities Africa (ACA) offices in Ngong, Nairobi.