Kisumu Peace Festival 2011 - Foundation Office Kenya
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Kisumu Peace Festival 2011
From 4th – 6th August 2011
From 4th – 6th August 2011 Kisumu hosted its very first Peace Festival. The idea was to involve the whole city, to advertise peace in a big way, to organise an event which was going to be free for everybody.There had to be a way of how one could change the Kenyan people’s perception of Kisumu and break the vicious circle of “Unemployment – idleness – violence - investors leaving – more unemployment – etc.” Kisumu had to be portrayed nationwide as a peaceful city.
The Logo of the Kisumu Peace Festival: the colours blue and white arethe colours of Kisumu. The boat symbolises Lake Victoria and thetwo different faces represent the diversity of the people of Kisumuwho have one thing in common: together they make Kenya.