Ongoing community program

Amka Nawi

Art opens the door. Dialogue moves us forward.

Amka Nawi brings film, local creativity and community conversation together to support adolescent girls. Led by Dada Mkubwa, the program creates spaces for people to reflect on child marriage, girls’ education and their shared responsibility for safety and wellbeing.

Lunga-Lunga · Kwale County, Kenya

Official Nawi impact partner

Participants sit together at the Amka Nawi launch gathering. — Coming together for the NAWI launch screening.

The local program cycle

Launch held · Community screening targets remain planned

4
month program design: 1
launch screening held: 6
community screenings planned

More than a film screening

Girls’ opportunities are shaped not only by what they know, but also by the families, schools and communities around them. Amka Nawi invites those generations into respectful, locally led conversations, making room for listening as well as reflection.

Building on Dada Mkubwa’s L-Care mentorship work, the program extends support beyond adolescents to their wider community. Its pilot design combines a public launch with six village-based screening and dialogue events, using learning from each gathering to inform future work.

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What has been documented

Recent Amka Nawi activity

These public updates record the launch, Saturday village screenings and the conversations that followed them.

Launch, screening and dialogue

The Amka Nawi launch at Lunga-Lunga Sub-County Offices combined a NAWI screening, reflection and community dialogue.

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Saturday village screenings

Saturday village screenings bring parents and learners together to watch NAWI, reflect and talk about girls’ safety and shared responsibility.

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Conversation after the film

After a screening, participants listened, reflected, asked questions and shared thoughts about the realities facing adolescent girls.

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Part of a wider movement

Nawi Film Initiative

Dada Mkubwa is an official Impact Partner of the Nawi Film Initiative. Rooted in work in Turkana and connected to wider advocacy and community partnerships, the initiative turns the film’s message into action for girls’ education and protection. Amka Nawi contributes through locally led awareness and dialogue in Kwale.

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The wider initiative’s four areas of action

Education infrastructure

Building and expanding learning spaces where girls can continue their education.

Education support

Helping girls at risk of child marriage access learning and stay in school.

Protection and recovery

Supporting girls facing forced marriage with pathways to safety and care.

Family and community action

Engaging families and communities to support girls’ education and challenge child marriage.

Initiative overview adapted from the official Nawi website.

The community gathering

Watch. Reflect. Take the conversation home.

Begin with local creativity

Music, poetry, spoken word and dance welcome people into a shared space, with local artists and young creatives helping make the gathering accessible and engaging.

Experience the story together

A screening of NAWI opens a conversation about child marriage, girls’ education and the choices available to young people. The film is a starting point for reflection—not a substitute for local voices.

Listen across generations

Facilitated discussion invites adolescents, parents, caregivers, teachers and community leaders to connect the story with their own experiences, challenge harmful norms and consider how to support girls.

Carry the conversation forward

Where appropriate, gatherings share information about support and referral pathways. Community reflections and feedback help shape future activities and strengthen locally led action.

From the launch to the villages

Parents, boys and girls—watching together

At a village screening, Amka Nawi brought parents, boys and girls together to experience NAWI in a shared community space. The gathering connects the film’s themes with the people whose everyday care and choices shape young people’s lives. These photographs document one village event, alongside the separate launch gathering.

Adults and young people sit together in a village classroom during an Amka Nawi gathering. — A community comes together for the village screening.

A village audience faces a projected NAWI film during a community screening. — Watching the story together across generations.

A community participant sits with notes during an Amka Nawi discussion beneath the banner. — Making space for community voices and reflection.

Community members listen together during an Amka Nawi conversation beneath the project banner. — Listening together in a shared community space.

Moments from the launch

Bringing voices together

The NAWI launch screening brought together stakeholders, representatives from radio and television, and people in leadership. These moments show participants gathering, listening and contributing to the conversation as Amka Nawi connects film with community action.

Audience members seated in rows, listening during the NAWI launch gathering. — A shared audience for the launch screening and conversation.

A participant speaks into a microphone during an Amka Nawi dialogue. — Participants add their voices to the conversation.

Stakeholders listen together during the Amka Nawi launch gathering. — Participants come together around the launch conversation.

More community moments to come

A space for photographs of the program’s local artistic performances and creative expression, as these become available.

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Local voices, creative expression

Photos coming soon

Community photographs will be shared with appropriate consent and respect for young people’s privacy.

The conversation continues beyond the screen

These additional public photographs show the wider participation around the launch and village conversations—creative expression, listening, and locally led reflection in action.

A wide view of participants gathered for the Amka Nawi launch screening. — A room full of voices at the launch screening.

A speaker addresses participants during the Amka Nawi launch conversation. — Listening and dialogue after the film.

Performers share music and movement at the Amka Nawi launch gathering. — Local creativity opens the gathering.

Parents and learners face the screen during an Amka Nawi village screening. — Watching and reflecting together in the village.

A community speaker contributes to the conversation during a village screening. — Community voices carry the conversation forward.

Women and girls take part in a reflective Amka Nawi village conversation. — Making room for women’s and girls’ voices.

Additional photographs selected from Dada Mkubwa’s public project updates.

A stronger circle of support for girls

Amka Nawi aims to grow awareness, open dialogue and shared action for girls’ protection, education and wellbeing. For community participation or collaboration enquiries, connect with Dada Mkubwa.

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