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Manyatta Youth Entertainment MAYE -a haven of talents arts and Culture

A girl is roughed up, forced to give out  her phone by a Chafu member at a past function, ANIKA Centre, the play illustrates the rot among the vulnerable youths in society. Photo by Juma Mwaboye

BY OUR REPORTER

Manyatta Youth Entertainment (MAYE) a haven of talents, arts and culture is a household name not only in Mombasa county but the Coast region at large.

The community based organization has nurtured dozens of youths in various fields including theatre, arts and the promotion of culture.

The aim of the CBO according MAYE Executive director Nicholas Songora is to transform the lives of youths on behavior change communication through theatre arts.

 The CBO anchored on three thematic areas that include: peace building and conflict transformation, democracy and human rights and food security and climate change.

 The CBO also supports local filming and establishes the Anika Centre hub, a youth friendly centre that provides free wifi to public.

 Through the CBO youth, parents, community and religious leaders play a fundamental role in ensuring that violent extremism is prevented and countered.

 The CBO enhances capacities of arts groups in both theatre arts and filmingand further training them on online marketing.

 MAYE connects the thespians with filming opportunities in a bid to prevent and counter violent extremism.

 Through a request by community members the CBO shall create space for adult literacy/ adult education and ICT to ensure that community members go digital.

 The CBO acknowledges the support by CICC and Gcerf.

Being a mirror in society, MAYE thespians paints a true color of the world including: youths, women and vulnerable children in society.

A security officer negotiating for a token from a community member photo by Juma Mwaboye 
In a recent play by the group entitled Kijana ni kujituma the play focuses on the challenges that youths face, including among others arrests by the authorities, drug and substance abuse by the youths, and the role of the community in ensuring that youths remain free from drugs.

The play vividly shows how the authorities pinch on the common man by accepting ‘tokens’ from the public just to let their sons and daughter walk Scot free.

It illustrates how family members especially mothers give out ‘tokens’ to aid criminal suspects walk out of police cells.

Some of the community members (names withheld) speaking at a recent youth community dialogue forum opine that youths lack employment opportunities thus end up plunging into crime.

The play again brings out division among family members as one of the reason why youths indulge in crime.

It is for this reason that MAYE CBO stays ahead promoting culture arts and theatre.

MAYE owes its name from the Maasai community due to their popularity in maintain their rich cultures and traditions.

Part of the play, a criminal suspect shot dead by security agents, photo by Juma Mwaboye
Founded in 2008 the CBO is aimed at empowering youths, women and vulnerable children attain a developed and sustainable life.

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