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“Live My Life" is an awareness raising exhibition for the general public and decision makers focusing on accessibility challenges faced by persons with disabilities moving around Monrovia. This exhibition is organized by T.I.M (This is Monrovia!), a group of 5 Liberian Disabled People Organizations (Group of 77, Association of disabled females international, Hope for the Deaf, School for the Blind, Young Voices International-Liberia/A Project of Leonard Cheshire Disability International) and Handicap International, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Division of Rehabilitation) and the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (Bureau of Tourism).

This exhibition is the result of a 2-week art workshop organized last October with the international artist Eirini Linardaki and a group of persons with disabilities. Workshop participants were Washington Bah, Joe Bena, David Carter, Jessy Nagbe, Armstrong S. Mah, Mary Mensah, Daintowon D. Pay-Bayee, G. Wolobah Sloan, Rebecca Cianeh Briggs Williams, Mekeh Younquoi, and Jenkins Raily Jaytee (Sign language interpreter). They have created personal works illustrating their day-to-day life including pictures, videos, drawings, which will be shown at the Monrovia City hall from the 3rd December to 5th December.

Accessibility contributes to the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in social and economic life. Improved accessibility can mean better health, education, job opportunities and integration in communities. As a reminder, the adopted Poverty Reduction Strategy for Liberia focusing on building an inclusive and highly participatory democracy in which rights are respected, especially those of women, children and youth, and persons with disabilities. With the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on September 11, 2008, Liberia is committed according to article 9 ensuring persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment and transportation, enabling them to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of live.

Thanks to our partners: Royal Air Maroc, Royal Hotel, Total, Monrovia City Corporation

Information
Date: Dec 3 – 5, 2008
Venue: Monrovia City Hall
Time: 10.AM to 5.PM
Free entrance

Contact:
Ricardia B. Dennis, Association of disabled Females International (cell: 077010582)
Aude Urcun-Pichet, T.I.M - This is Monrovia! (cell: 06 66 93 47)
François-David Buquet, Handicap International (cell: 06 60 01 55)

Visit website workshop: http://livemylifemonrovia.blogspot.com/

Live my life: an art workshop based on accessibility and mobility challenges

Life My Life

An art workshop based on accessibility and mobility challenges

Last October in Monrovia, the international artist Eirini Linardaki coordinated a 2-week art workshop focusing on accessibility and mobility issues in urban areas.

Participants were Washington Bah, Joe Bena, David Carter, Jessy Nagbe, Armstrong S. Mah, Mary Mensah, Daintowon D. Pay-Bayee, G. Wolobah Sloan, Rebecca Cianeh Briggs Williams, Mekeh Younquoi, and Jenkins Raily Jaytee (Sign language interpreter).

For more pics, visit: http://livemylifemonrovia.blogspot.com/

Contact:

aude_urcun@hotmail.com ; esperos@gmail.com

Last event: Film Festival at the Rivoli Movie Theatre

Film Festival for the Bastille Day - 13th & 14th of July 2008

To celebrate the Bastille Day in Liberia, T.I.M and the French Embassy in Liberia organized a Film festival the last 13th and 14th of July at the Rivoli Movie Theatre, Monrovia-Liberia. The theme of the screenings was "Filming Paris", an opportunity to show motion pictures presenting the French capital. The screenings targeted various audiences with different kind of motion pictures (comedies, cartoons, actions, etc) and more than 500 people attended the screenings over the two days.

This event was organized in collaboration with the Liberian Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and the Flomo Theatre at the Rivoli Cinema.

Peter Y Ballah and the Flomo Theatre, guests of Honor of the festival, performed a drama during the launch of the film festival.

This event was sponsored by Total, President, AGS, Renault, Bivac International.