Vuma Kenya

Vuma Kenya is an events inspired initiative based on mobilizing citizens globally to create awareness and spread the message that together we can make changes. Founded by Harvard medical student Karimi Gituma, Vuma focuses on bringing people in the “diaspora” together with different charity organisations trying to reach out.at a grassroots level in Kenya.

She explained; ” When the violence broke out, I felt I must do something.” So she did, and 2 weeks later VUMA Kenya was born.

“Our slogan is A New Kenya Reborn. Vuma is the product of discussions and reaching out to people from all sorts of backgrounds, delving back to my childhood and highschool days reaching out to folks that I haven’t talked to in over 10 years but one thing that brought us all together was our uniform deep seated concern for the direction our country was headed and the need to DO something about it. Our country will not weather this storm another 5 years from now and it is our imperative to do something to change the tide, we cannot go back to “business as usual” our typical Kenyan response. Kenya is forever changed, our lives are forever changed and this whole fiasco has left an indelible mark on every fiber of the Kenyan social, political and economic fabric.”

Vuma launched their organization VUMA KENYA on February 2nd with a large benefit concert in Boston featuring some of Kenya’s finest artistes including Eric Wainaina. The money raised went to the Kenya Red Cross. Part of Vuma’s focus events include corporate and social meets, concerts and campaigns. They aim also to link and network groups interested in peace and humanitarian initaitives.

Vuma’s next major projects include panel discussions in the US on the Truth and Reconcilation Commission, and a partnership with CCP Kenya, which will see Vuma Kenya raising funds through their Ten4Ten campaign in their new role as founders of CCP-USA.