In collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tanzania and Kenya, the participants of the ‘Capturing Climate Change’ program with Kadir van Lohuizen are Calvin Kulaya, Rahabu Manyasani, Imani Nsamila and Michael Mbwambo (Tanzania) and Anthony Ochieng, Cynthia Maiwa, Billy Miaron and Gordwin Odhiambo (Kenya).
Photo © Calvin Kulaya
Dar es Salaam, TZ – NOOR, a cultural institution based in the Netherlands, announces the attendees of the four-day photojournalism program, ‘Capturing Climate Change’, with renowned photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen. From the 8th to the 11th of November, these eight photojournalists will develop their climate-related visual stories under the guidance of Kadir, encouraging them to strengthen their documentary practice and examine their construction of climate change narratives.
Photo © Anthony Ochieng, from ‘Powering the 'Ghost Town' of Rusinga Island’.
Initiated by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tanzania and Kenya and supported by PAWA254, the British Council Tanzania and the Alliance Française, ‘Capturing Climate Change’ hopes to engage visual journalists, Calvin Kulaya, Rahabu Manyasani, Imani Nsamila and Michael Mbwambo (Tanzania) and Anthony Ochieng, Cynthia Maiwa, Billy Miaron and Gordwin Odhiambo (Kenya), in the global conversation of climate change by elevating the significance of human stories.
“The program will provide these photojournalists with the skills needed to tell stories about how climate change is affecting their communities,” says Kadir van Lohuizen, “[as well as] how to work on long-term projects and create powerful work that will bring awareness and engage with adaptation strategies to confront the climate crisis”.
Photo © Cynthia MaiWa
Undeniably, climate change is impacting the world, and the adverse effects will only increase in the future. Kadir has devoted his career to this critical issue. With his direction, program attendees will produce eight unique and impactful visual stories that highlight the ongoing climate dynamics Tanzanian and Kenyan urban youth face. Afterwards, these productions will be showcased in an exhibition on the climate crisis at a later date in both Tanzania and Kenya.
“This is part of the Netherlands commitment to co-create solutions to global challenges,” says the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tanzania, H.E. Wiebe de Boer. “Climate change might be the biggest challenge we face at this moment. By empowering the local photojournalists, we hope to contribute to give youth a voice and raise awareness on how the climate crisis affects their communities”.