This video portrays the difficulties of water scarcity faced by rural farmers and families in Tanzania, and what the Global Water Initiative and its partners are doing to improve livelihoods in the region.
Duration : 0:15:40
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Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba. Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.
Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.
Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates.
This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce. Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyos musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants.
Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.
Duration : 0:13:14
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Youth Entrepreneurship Development through Vocational Technical Training
This multi media presentation, prepared in cooperation with Radio Afrika International (RAI), describes UNIDO’s Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YED), which is managed by the Private Sector Development Branch, as a core programme contributing to wealth creation, vocational technical training and job creation, private sector development, peace and sustainability.
This effort supports young men and women of developing countries in their aspirations for entrepreneurial success.
Reducing urban and rural disparities as well as gender inequalities in technical training for business opportunities are crucial elements for wealth building strategies employed in developing areas, such as in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The YED Programme in Sudan, in particular in Malakal, aims at promoting technical skills training for empowering people to develop the local business environment. The information material presented herewith consists of four segments — four radio-features on 2 CDs, as well as audio-visual presentations on one DVD.
This material is inspired by a management development workshop held in August 2007 in Khartoum, Sudan. This was a unique collaboration between participants from vocational technical training centres (VTCs), UNIDO experts and other future managers of VTCs in other regions (i.e. Wau, Juba, Khartoum).
Duration : 0:9:5
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Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba.
Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.
Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.
Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates. This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce.
Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyós musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants. Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.
Duration : 0:6:20
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Video was taken at BomPlenazo 2006 at Hostos Community College, South Bronx, NY
Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba. Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.
Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.
Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates.
This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce. Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyos musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants.
Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.
Duration : 0:3:56
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Video was taken at BomPlenazo 2006 at Hostos Community College, South Bronx, NY
Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba. Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.
Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.
Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates.
This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce. Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyos musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants.
Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.
Duration : 0:4:42
Read more on Alma Moyó – BomPlenazo – video by DennisFlores.com…
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Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba. Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.
Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.
Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates.
This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce. Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyos musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants.
Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.
Duration : 0:18:11
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National Director of Caritas Malawi, Carsterns Mulume, visited Australia during Project Compassion to talk about how the support of Caritas Australia is helping to empower people to lift themselves out of extreme poverty and deal with issues such as malnutrition, unsafe drinking water and high rates of HIV/AIDS.
Duration : 0:8:24
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Filed under empowering people by on Apr 1st, 2010. Comment.
IntraHealths CEO, Pape Gaye, explores the strategies which has IntraHealth undertaken to bring sorely needed health care to women in developing countries. He explains that IntraHealths focus on enhancement of the capacity of local health institutions means that IntraHealth brings not a quick cure but long-term institutional change from which we all benefit.
Duration : 0:10:1
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IntraHealths CEO, Pape Gaye, explores the strategies which has IntraHealth undertaken to bring sorely needed health care to women in developing countries. He explains that IntraHealths focus on enhancement of the capacity of local health institutions means that IntraHealth brings not a quick cure but long-term institutional change from which we all benefit.
Duration : 0:10:22
Read more on IntraHealth: Empowering People for 21st Century – part 3…
Filed under empowering people by on Mar 22nd, 2010. Comment.
