NEWS
Kenya Champions at Abbotsford Rugby Sevens!
photo by Munyui Icharia
Cheered on by an eager, exuberant crowd, the Kenya Sevens team were the winners of the 2009 Abbotsford Rugby Sevens! Thank you to all who came out and supported the team in spite of the day’s wet, rainy end. The well organized tournament drew fans from around the country and all in attendance are already looking forward to next year’s event!
For more pictures of the action, please click here.
KENBC EVENT
Jamhuri Day Celebrations (Dec 12, 2009) DINNER & DANCE
KenBC is pleased to invite you to our Jamhuri Day dinner & Dance celebrations commemorating the 46th anniversary of Kenya ’s Independence . Come one, come all, and invite your friends to this fun filled evening.
Date & Time: Saturday, December 12th,, from 5.00 pm till 12:30am
Dinner served @ 6pm.
Venue: Samosa Garden Restaurant on 3502 Kingsway Vancouver (Kingsway & Boundary)
MUSIC by Alex Gorle aka Bakumba
your early bird tickets Tickets: $25.00 pp. Children under 12 FREE. Please follow http://www.kenbc.org/news.htm for information on how to obtain your early bird tickets. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $35.00 limited seating is avalable.
For ticket info please contact the members :
Grace -604-882-7657 or 778-235-6370
Skip- 604-488-9500
Evans -250-508-6935
When: August 29, 2009 from 1:00-6:00pm
Where: Mountainview Conservation & Breeding Centre, 23898 Rawlison Crescent, Langley
Cost:
KenBC Members (with paid membership): Free
Non-Members:
Adults: $25.00*
Children (12-18 yrs): $10.00
‘Family’ package (2 adults, upto 3 children 12-18 yrs): $60.00
Children (under 12 yrs): Free
*includes KenBC Membership.
KenBC invites you to our August event to be hosted at the Mountainview Conservation and Breeding Centre in Langley on Saturday August 29, 2009. The Conservation centre works to preserve critically endangered animals including some species from Africa such as the Painted Hunting Dog, The Masai Giraffe and the Mountain Bongo (that lives only in a few mountain forests in Kenya).
Enjoy a beautiful barbecue lunch served in the Conservation centre’s beautiful surroundings. There will be an opportunity to tour the Conservation Centre and learn more about their work, and if we are lucky, a chance to view the feeding of the centre’s Hunting Dogs. This promises to be a fun, yet educational way to spend the last weekend of August- families are encouraged to attend!
RSVP to info@kenbc.org (required).
For tickets, please contact:
Grace (Langley, Surrey) 604 882 7657
Martin (Abbotsford) 604 729 2175
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Focus on Africa 2009: Africa and its Diasporas
Sept. 17,18 & 19
Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street (at Pender), Vancouver
Please join us for this public symposium that will take a critical and
retrospective look at the nature and capacities of the African
Diasporas. Read below, visit our website and see attached flyer for
more information.
Reservations and more information at: www.sfu.ca/community/focusonafrica.htm
Keynote Speaker: MG Vassanji was born in Kenya, raised in Tanzania and
has made his home in Canada since 1978. Vassanji is the author of six
novels and two collections of short stories. His work has appeared in
various countries and several languages. His most recent novel, The
Assassin‘s Song, was short-listed for both the Giller Prize and the
Governor-General‘s Prize for best novel in Canada.
The symposium will bring together a collection of prominent speakers
and participants from all over the world including university faculty,
graduate students, officials from government and international
organizations, as well as representatives of the mass media, community
groups, and NGOs.
The symposium is not only for people of African descent living/
working outside Africa, but also people of diverse socio-cultural,
linguistic, racial and religious identities and their descendants, who
maintain some form of association/identification with Africa.The goal
is to foster stronger relationships between individuals and
communities in order to enable members of the Diaspora to leverage
community resources in ways that have a positive impact on Canadian
public policy outcomes. What can we learn from best practices here in
Canada and in other jurisdictions about engaging members of
transnational communities and how can we build on that?
This event is hosted by SFU‘s Community Education Program, and
supported by the Office of International Development and Faculty
Engagement, the Development Group and the Focus on Africa Working
Group. It is held with the generous financial support of the Centre
for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures, the Walter
and Duncan Gordon Foundation, the Emmett and Leo Fund, Paul Kenny, and Simon Fraser University.
Times:
Thursday September 17, 7-9:30 pm;
Friday September 18, 9 am-4:30 pm
Saturday September 19, 10 am-3 pm
Cost:
$30 (Includes all three days. Cheque, cash or money order.)
Bursaries available; please email foa-2009@sfu.ca or call 778-782-5201 to make a request.
For more information:
Shanthi Besso, shanthi_besso@sfu.ca