a lesson in mathematics

3 hrs fo sleep from 5am-8am
stressing, thinking , preparing a lesson plan for 30 minutes about animals
wake in a rush, bust into grab a tooth brush
8 tanzanian women whom all work for st mary's school
they want a increase in their package or perhaps just a change in scenery
1 man with a masters degree from the phillipinees
land of Tagalug, my friend naomi & 7100 islands plus 1 large one
commonly know as the nation-state
plus me, without credentials or certificate but....
i know 5 children at the school and have been there 3 times
i wear me volunteered badge- unemployed & flexible
1 week to prepare a 3hr lesson plan for 30 X 2-5 year olds
34 people cramped into dalla dalla heading to posta
42 minutes of surfing and grasping at the celing of a mini van
23 postcards to mail @ 60 cents each plus ndizi kama mia moja
countless business man trying to sell used clothes imported from places like canada
1 boy sheltered by his mama holding an umbrella; begging for money
his head the size of a watermelon-very swollen and dwarfed body

Memories from Race a goat day

Go Mbuzi!
Arriving late and wearing a silly overcoat nitegown, i went to the annual goat race in Dar's Leader's club grassy park. Johana's first impression was one of disgust, rich colonials brought there nanies to mind the children while they downed champaign and wore funny hats. They were forced to wear old tyme maids uniforms.- dispicable reality of the have's and the have nots. My first impression was reminiscant of a concert in tulip festival or harris park. There was kids activities and that attracted me staright away. i didn't even see a goat race, i simply beelined for the facepainting and enjoyed immensely using by dearly departed snazeroo. they ever had sparkels. it had been months since i was able to do this so i painted everone even darhing french Tamara, a friend who let me muck up her face into a garden and wore it thru dinner, washing it off the the bathroon at Talk of the town. butterflies and zebras and spiderman. Kids are all the same even if they are poor, black and hungry, they like to play pretent, scream & run about. there was a game for them to eat donuts off a string which costs 2 goat tickets -
-alternate segment, i had a prelimanary interview to be a kindergarden teacher. send me some good vibes so that the powers that be overlook my complete lack of credentials and see that my experience and imagination make me the perfect person for the job. i guess a part of me misses the status and reason to wake that gainful employment can bring.

wonder woman went where?

so.. Malawi for a diving certificate or Uganda/Rwanda for a glimpse in land through the mountain gorrilla jungles? when should i leave? soon. i want to return to dar before june 12. which gives little time for a 2 country safari. one week per county or less not including travel days...arg!!!!!!!!perhaps it is the jump start i need , having friends going along, momentum and confedience. i seem to lack that these days. i vaguely remebered a dream last nite, it had something to do with she-ra and super heros. i saw the film the davinci code. we had to push start the car to get out of the cinema parking lot.. it was fun. the movie inspired me to pick up the collection of short stories titled -wild woman who run with the wolves. the fat, old hairy hag who dances with all knowing partner of time and sings to the skeletons for rebirth of the desert.

TACT-April 16, research visit to Arusha

April 16, 2006 Easter Sunday research visit to Arusha
Hilda (0748-323-753) @ CCF Orphanage in Arusha (Children for Children’s Future)

Approximately 60 children plus babies
Ages range from 8-12 years but fluctuate
Drugs and alcohol are not allowed
Voluntary admittance, free to come and go, rules must be observed

Children are invited to stay by word of mouth via other street children
Food, water, soap and shelter offered to anyone who has the need
Also services provided to watoto who don’t stay at the residence
No age restrictions, once child is finished school , he/she looks for a job, but can still receive support for life on his/her own
Such support includes rent, furniture, etc

Neighborhood donors who see a need can sponsor a child education
Without solicitation people come to donate rice, mchele, chakula, etc

Children are taken to schools, both primary and vocational
Government schools cost 40, 000tsh per year, bright student get lucky
Apprentices at large garages, direct work with fundi’s on school holidays

CCF 15 years in operation, without government support
Have received no financial support, no salaries for staff
15 workers for both centers (CCF & MAJI NA CHAI)
Doctor services free when sickness occurs, only staff go without
MAJI NA CHAI (for girls) center, include home visits to relatives and educational tutoring to catch children up to there age group/grade

MEMKWA- Tanzanian wide program
Hilda is connected to other center, for means of monitoring run-away mtoto and establishing a best practices. She is chief cook at CCF

Change of Address

Dearest Family, Friends, Acquaintances & Supporters
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!
I have much to announce! I have been a bit of an internet hermit however it is all here, I am safe adn happy! I’ll try to keep it brief as to not waste any words.

1) My co-ordinates have changed. I am able to receive posted mail at P.O Box 727, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I live in Dr Jane Goodall’s house until the end of July. My phone number is (255)744-532-778 and smfowsy@gmail.com is my new webmail. Much appreciated! I have started a web blog, so if you miss me, don’t fret… go to http://www.aries-iris-arts.blogspot.com/.The below information or forms needed are available on my blog.

2) I am booking my plane ticket out of Nairobi, Kenya on September 24. This will mean I have been in Africa(and unemployed) for a year and a day. I have been granted a documentary production grant (half film stock and half in house services in Ottawa) and feel that this foundation will spring board me into the sky. I have posted on the above blog as Kilimanjaro Invitation, as I am in need of support on an adventure trek up the grandest Mount in Africa, hoping to climb in for late July. I know that this sort of fundraising is usually reserves for famous people, like brad pitt and angelina however I think of myself as infamous! Ha ha ha

3) The volunteer work I am doing in Dar has involved a fusion of fundraising and funny pictures. There is also an entry form for the Roots & Shoots; Art & Photo Contest. If you have some art work and would like to have some international exposure please submit your creative idea’s along with the form and fee before the deadline (final chance at 4pm June 15). The theme is PLANT_ANIMAL_HUMAN- a peaceful unity, and the art will be displayed at a event here marking African Child Day.

Dear Editor at Adbusters

Dear Editor at Adbusters

My name is Sarah Fowler. I am currently living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; however I was born in Ontario, Canada. My interests include independent cinema, exotic languages, environmental circumstances and empowering children. I came to East Africa to direct a feature documentary about spiritual evolution; however I am still patiently awaiting the experience. The main theme emerging is that patience & persistence pays and that wazungu write the cheques.

I dwell in a small library and just had No Logo for dinner, it was delectable. At present I volunteer for Roots & Shoots, which is part of the Jane Goodall Institute; I get to talk to children about their 3 tiered environments and ask them what they can do about it. I spend lots of time connecting the dots of the plant-animal-human/mind-body-spirit/ thought-word-action ménage-a-trios. It works on many levels. Eventually I’ll get an experimental film out of the process.

A friend recently got an issue of Adbusters in the mail and I scooped it up. I understand you are looking for an African correspondent and you should know, I am your girl. Nimeishi katika Tanzania kutoka tarehe mwezi tatu na kabla nakaa Kenya mpaka semptemba. I am planning a trip to Uganda and Rwanda in June and will be returning to Kenya in August. Plus I have a lot of opinions, and a photo essay about the mental environment of city life in Tanzania. These photos will immediately follow your response to this application, until then... rambling poetry is what I got. I have also included as writing the press release from a fundraiser I am organizing as well as an outline and treatment for an under-funded film project currently under mental and physical construction. All this on top of my Curriculum Vitae, oh la la!

If you need more (check out www.aries-iris-arts.blogspot.com) or have any pertinent questions please do not hesistate to contact me in cyberspace via smfowsy@gmail.com ASANTE SANA & Enjoy!

Sincerely
…………………smf
Sarah Marie Fowler
Cineaste & Fundi za creativities


Hapo yote- (all there) even to…………Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
A developed third world landscape. A 3 part photo essay by smf

Watu katika bahari, (people in the ocean)
Negative net effect, more leaving than coming to a hungry pahail (place)
Tax free embargo shoppers, enjoy exotic sugar!
Soil poison, cotton, and perenthyum in the binadamu cradle (humanity)
kahawa (coffee) and chai, (tea) picked by alien communities
isolated from where they came from
babies working in the fields on mama’s back
sisal takes over the landscape but is
less profitable than making ropes from synthetics
fossil fuels are my friendJ
public transport dangerous but costs only a dime

Mental environment- Ndoto (dream) brain, thought,
Reading an article in the gazeti exposing the fact that municipal tax revenue pay the hydro bills of the illuminated billboards.
Some people gets rich; other get brainwashed
Vodacom families are happy, successful ones
Cell phone phenomena, ring tones make people feel prosperous
Resources and inner health all traded for knock-off cars and tv’s
Asia makes stuff that works in Africa

Everywhere you travel in this country you can buy korosho (cashews)
The nut harvested by the extremely pour , for the enormously wealthy
Also available for sale on the streets is….
bottled water, hardboiled, 16 year old kids, sugarcane,
chew it up and spit it out…..
cookies, mbuzi (goat) afro combs and toothpaste,
rural families hold large bunches of banana above there heads
advertisements to the passing transport
keep the gari (bus) clean, please throw your rubbish out the window
given away in the same manner it came in.
oblivious

Watoto Shamba - outline & treatment

Outline
Watoto Shamba = The children's garden
In the film Watoto Shamba I will show how creative energy, the very spirit of music and art brings growth to a small shack school, and hope to the children who make it so lively. On a day very much like today in a place called Nairobi there is a small wooden structure on a dry and dirty hill. One side of the rickety schoolhouse is a painted banner, white with a red heart stating WE LOVE MUSIC. Across the valley you can hear singing voices, songs of folklore and god. The choir is practicing in the garden, a dry valley with a plant for every child. This is where I will shoot the film and organize the event of the school’s first ever public play. Complete with props and costumes the children themselves get to write the stories they will perform and these plays will make up the bulk of the film. There are approximately 130 children from the surrounding slums of Kiberra and Dagoretti who attend the school for math, music, reading, food and hope. They are energetic, full of life and especially excited by visitors. That usually means treats like soda, biscuits and getting out of class for a concert.
Many of these children don’t have enough food to eat so they are sent to school for the free meal. They wear tattered uniforms that always look dirty and shoes that barely cover their feet. Despite their conditions they are always smiling and in high spirits. The slums surrounding the school seem invisible to the fancy cars which cruise past on their way to the mega mall at Nakumat junction. Women carry large jerry cans of water on their head, while also toting a child on her back or front. I once saw a pregnant women bend to pick a crying child without dropping a drop of water. These women are the mothers of the children at watoto shamba. Other children are left out of school, being needed at home to help the family survive. The children’s garden school has been a source of joy as well as place to receive knowledge accompanied by food, music, support and love. Quite a task considering the exterior of the school is merely a series of small aluminum shacks on a dusty red hill. There is a public garden built for all the community by the children and teachers, its spirit is astronomical. Now this urban sanctuary of education and nature is threatened by eviction, to make place for a luxury development. The community has no money to pay rent elsewhere or for building material for a new school. They are treading on prayers, and continuing to learn despite construction crews surrounding, chopping down trees.

This film is meant to combine arts and creative energies to the basic awareness of global circumstances. I want to remind people to be compassionate and to act positively on behalf of family, friends, communities and especially children. My hope is to inspire my audience to engage in their immediate environments and draw a connection between the entire world and its diverse people.

Treatment- Watoto Shamba
The film starts with 16mm hand animation of planet earth spinning. A high contrast of colours including black and white will be the tone of this mixed medium collage of hand drawn, classical and scratch animation. The turning globe at first made with foliage and water then becoming more modern in material context will have an accompanying soundscape of children playing, wind and the occasional bird (hornbill and rooster) then be moving towards traffic sounds. The attention will be on the physical geography, diverse yet interconnected with an overall mood of a joyful spirit. The turning will stop on the African continent, camera tracking in towards East Africa, Kenya, Nairobi (classical animation using different maps.) For the title sequence I want to have 6 children with face painted letters spelling "watoto shamba" on their cheeks and to have a poster explaining the translation of the children’s garden. This will require a pan camera movement of close up cheeks each written with one letter in the words Watoto. Then the children will turn to the other cheek and Shamba will be spelled, this time panning from left to right.
Filming of the school plays: Each grade level, will produce a 2 minute skit with subject matter of there choice. With 6 classes plus a primary level this accounts for 15 minutes of footage. The plays will be written and acted out by the children and can be about any subject whether it is telling the story of the school’s situation (likely the older classes) personal life experiences or folktales. The main guideline is the language of Kiswahili, that all plays must have an accompanying contistoria (canvas storyboard) and the time limitations of one roll of film. The plays will appear in the film in age group order, starting with the youngest to oldest and all of the 130 children will be involved. Ample time will be devoted to each group working on story development, physical blocking, and acquiring the required costumes or makeup plus rehearsals. Each play will have a corresponding canvass storyboard to act as an English pictorial translation which will be filmed is segments to be used as possible silent film frame cards. The tone is joyfulness in the face of misrepresentation, generally happy children living it what may be deemed uncomfortable circumstances. The general theme of the film is embracing a state of mind or being in contrast to a state of physicality or condition. Due to the transitory situation of the school & garden and the presence of the student’s smiles a divide will be illustrated. Considering the life situations of the people involved; the dramatic and precarious events of the future the question is posed -What happens after the film ends? What are they going to do?? Where will they go?? Will the school close? Or move? Before the credits roll a model of the school will be shown with a bulldozer trampling the garden, the title card will read… “Eviction? Extinction?” What is the future of the Children’s garden?" I have experience with Claymation model and would love to have the children build a clay model of their school however I may need to bring the classical hand animation used at the start of the film back for this dramatic ending scene. It will be followed by the contact information for the school's hero of a headmaster Moses, who personally lives with 30 of the orphaned children who attend the school and could use some support.
Credits of all involved, including the Kenyan children and school administrators, film crew and those providing funding, will roll at the end of the film. I intend for each child to sign their own name and age; either on a whole sheet of paper held close to there face or a collective credit list depending on film supplies. Contact information for potential supporters of the school will also be shown at this the end.

observations on a tuesday

found:
one dead
damselfly
female with broken east wings
green acorn face
tail rudders for steering
mapema dissapointed with the day
sunlight my persistant alarm
luxury
like a cat
curling up in the light
watching the slow tortise dance

Kilimanjaro Invitation

Headline:
Lady of Leisure & Canadian volunteer, the exceptional Sarah Fowler scales Mt. Kilimanjaro in search of high art……….she finds receding glaciers.

Invitation:
After a Swahili life of floating on the Indian Ocean, enjoying chai and ugali and getting robbed more times that I care to admit to, I have landed here. At Jane Goodall’s house, in Dar es Salaam, volunteering for Roots & Shoots, organizing an art contest and being photographed for a newspaper. I have faced some solid truths and shadowy aspects of my own experience. I look forward to more of that same but perhaps with more composure, grace and peace. I listen to the waves and feel my identity wash away. Somewhere along my safari I have only run into baboons and feel a lacking of exotic zebra, twiga and elephant. I have also lost the focus of my film, it is no longer in my field of view, nor pumping thru my veins constantly refreshed from my breathing. I have an intention of climbing up the highest peak in these lands to gander at the perspective I find there. I am seeking sponsors and supporters to climb beside me in spirit. If you are interested in donating to my film-finding vision trek please send a cheque payable to or Sarah Fowler to my permanent address at 36 Masson court. London, Ontario, Canada, N6E-1H3 or contact me via email at smfowsy@gmail.com is you have any questions

PS. good news... after months on of the nasty emails i sent to the girl who took my camera has worked, she replied, with excuses appologies and a contact number to get my Vidcam back when i got to mombassa. hip hip horray. it can be easy!

kiswahili meeting

so jana (yesterday) i sat in on a meeting discussing a cross organizational plan to host and event for african child day. ( JUNE 16) I was very impressed at the breadth, goals and especially the bidget. However i mainly read the previous meeting minutes and the game plan as was circulated in english. the discussion was in swahili. I fell in love with a beautiful MZUNGU ( WHITE) women, I think she is french as works for a organization with the word "et" IN THE TITLE. Her swahili was the closest for me to understand, but i still could barely understand 3 words, instead i drank a soda and drew a picture of her. That is how i contribute ot meetings here, i guess.
Oddly a old friend said to me yesterday if i focused on something, anything it would be cool, i have focused on kiswahili but also on simply living peacfully and letting that be enough. hey, 65.89465% ( 2/3 plus kidogo)aint bad.

volunteer biz card-address

The Jane Goodall Institute
For Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
ROOTS & SHOOTS - TANZANIA

Sarah Fowler
Volunteer


99 Old Bagamoyo Road
P.O. Box 727, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255- 0744-532-778 Email:smfowsy@gmail.com
Environmental and Humanitarian Program

Film/Video CV

FILM CREDITS:
March 2005 IFCO Dogme Challenge; 2 min, silent, 16mm
Metamorphosis directed by Sarah Fowler and assisted in Ariel Lightningchild’s Budz

November 2003 Written, directed, shot and edited by Sarah Fowler
The Memory Game; an exercise in directional thinking -5:50 min 16mm & DV

August 2003 1st Camera Assistant, focus puller; Canada
Poorva Para, 16mm directed by Chandro Chandrashaker; Co-production Canada and India.

June 2003 Assistant editor and consultant
The Stone Butterfly; 16mm directed by Shelia Pokiak

April 2002 -staring and edited by Sarah Fowler; 4 minutes, 16mm
Hidden Home; Collaborative workshop film

FILM SCREENINGS:

Metamorphosis (2005)
March 18 2005- IFCO Dogme Screening, Saw Gallery, Ottawa ON

The Memory Game; an exercise in directional thinking (2003)
July 24th 2004- Centretown Outdoor Movies, Piece park, Ottawa, ON
July 1-15th 2004- London Pride Art Exhibit 2004, 188 John Street, London, ON
June 19-25th 2004- the Festival der Nationen, Schulstraβe 6, Kino Ebensee, Austria
May 8th, 2004- Olympia Festival; Capitol Theater 206 E, 5th Ave, Olympia Washington, USA
March 20th 2004- Ottawa Student Film Festival; Jock Turcott, University of Ottawa
Feb 7th 2004- Brampton Indy Arts Festival, Heritage Theatre, 86 Main St. N, Brampton
Dec 6th 2003 IFCO’s DigiGala, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Hidden Home (2002)
July 1st 2002-“Nothing but the Bestival” Festival, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, ON

VIDEO CREDITS:

Videographer
2003-present Erin Clark musician-Come Up album and London Folk Festival concert
June 2004 Fringe Festival; Ottawa at Studio Leonard-Beaulne and Café Nostalgica

Editor
July 2004 Once Upon A time DV directed by Marie Cormier January 2004 Get Ready, 10 min, DV directed by Marie Cormier Editor

Producer/ make-up/ swing
July 2005 Street theatre and awareness about fair trade products
April 2004 Sock N’ Buskin Theatre Production in Studio B
May 2003 Piece of Mind a feature by Dino Koutras


THEATRE:
June 18-27, 2004 Makeup Artist for Yolanda of Yorkville
Play written by Maurice Aubin; Directed by Ryan Clark University Ottawa, Fringe Festival
April 1- 5, 2004 Makeup Artist for Sideshow
Play written by Maurice Aubin; Directed by Mackenzie Howson and Jody Lundrigan
Carleton University, Sock N Buskin

Nutshell SMF bio

Nutshell bio:
Sarah Marie Fowler is an independent visual media artist however she finds it difficult to define exactly what that is. If she were a sandwich she would be pork and cheese on white but prefers avocado and garlic on rye with papaya. She can be found in a swinging in hammock watching chickens strut around and simultaneously connecting the stars of the mind-body-sprit/ thought-word-action/plant-animal-human ménage-a-trios. After a tearful departure from Kenya she has put down some roots in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and has visions of one day, flying a balloon, owning a boat and winning an Oscar for best new documentary.

enrty form Art & photo contest

ART & PHOTO CONTEST
For Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
ROOTS & SHOOTS - TANZANIA
PO Box 727 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 270 0795; Email: shoots@africaonline.co.tz

THEME
PLANT- ANIMAL- HUMAN ENVIRONMENT- peaceful unity
GOAL: to fundraise for projects in various primary and secondary schools in Dar es Salaam and encourage all community members to creatively engage in our environment

Calling all ARTISTS:
creativity in all medium accepted

Roots & Shoots is an Environmental and Humanitarian Education Programmed for Youth, established in Dar as Salaam, 19th, February 1991, by Dr. Jane Goodall; and currently is found in more than 70 Countries in the World. Roots & Shoots is part of the Jane Goodall Institute a non-profit Organization devoted to wildlife Research, Conservation and Education. Roots & Shoots believes in young people involvement and in supporting our communities.

PHOTO & ART CONTEST
Name
P.O. Box
Tel/mobile
Category /payment
I CERTIFY THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RULES
(SIGN) DATE
Entry form receipt
Roots & Shoots
Art & photo contest
June 16, 2006

Date received:

Payment amount:

Received by:

CATEGORIES AND FEES
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE:– WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY-
MONDAY JUNE 5TH, 2006

All original Artworks on any medium
Open (adult) class 1000tsh -- per entry
Youth (25 yrs to 15yrs) 500tsh-- per entry
Children (15 yrs & under) free-- per entry
Photography
Open (adult) class 2000tsh-- per entry
Youth (25 yrs to 15yrs) 1000tsh -- per entry
Children (15 yrs & under) 1 free -- per entry


CLOSING DATE ALL ENTRIES –THURSDAY JUNE 15th, 2006
NO LATER THAN 4PM TO ROOTS AND SHOOTS- 99 OLD BAGAMOYO RD
Located in Mikocheni beside Mwalimu Nyerere.

All original Artworks on any medium
Open (adult) class 2000tsh -- per entry
Youth (25 yrs to 15yrs) 1000tsh-- per entry
Children (15 yrs & under) 500 tsh-- per entry
Photography
Open (adult) class 4000tsh-- per entry
Youth (25 yrs to 15yrs) 2000tsh -- per entry
Children (15 yrs & under) 1000tsh -- per entry


NOTE: ALL INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES HAVE THE ENTRY FEE OF $10.
Money order or cheque: Jane Goodall Institute - Citibank account 100331012

PRIZES/ SPONSORS/ Contact: Sarah Fowler- smfowsy@gmail.com -0744-532-778

RULES
All judges’ decisions are final.
Full copyright must be held by the name on the entry form to be considered.
Every care will be taken with the entries for this competition; however no liability is accepted for loss or damage. Please pick entries prior to June 19 for their safety.
Artworks and Photographs that have won prizes in other competitions or published in magazines, books or calendars are not eligible.
Organizers reserve the right to free reproduction and exhibition of all entries to the contest
Results and winning entries may be used in publications of Roots & Shoots or the Jane Goodall Institute.
Photos: must be mounted on cardboard with a 3cm border all around
The attached entry form must be completed and glued or taped to the back of each work.
NOTE: PRIZES MAY BE REGIONAL ONLY subject to availability



ASANTE SANA!
THANK YOU!

CV-SMF

Sarah Marie Fowler

CURRENT GOAL:
To develop my style, knowledge and methodology in creative avenues while attributing to a peaceful, global world.

SKILLS:
· Accomplished fundraiser for charities, artist projects and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s)
· Experience in leadership roles, event planning and team building
· Practiced Public Speaker; individually and large groups
· Knowledge of word processing, network and spreadsheet software
· Artist in diverse mediums, partial self employment for 2 years
· Children clown and face painter, specializing in memorable events
Trained in CPR and First aid; Bonded by the Canadian government

EDUCATION:
July 2006 PADI Scuba Diver- Open Water certification
Mar 2004 Alliance Francais; French language course. Ottawa
Jan 2004 Participated in streamlined NFB Momentum Workshop
2004 Optical Printing, Avid Express DV, Quark, Stop Motion animation May 2003 International Academy- Natural Health Science; Organic Gardening
Dec 2002 TESOL English language instruction and communication
2002 Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa “hands on film” workshop block, Advanced Directing, Documentary, Final Cut Pro
2001 Carleton University; Political science; Canadian Studies

WORK EXPERIENCE:
October 2006- Greenpeace Canada, Toronto door canvass office
August 2004-2005 Public Outreach, Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario
· Fundraising consultancy for charity and NGO’s including Amnesty International, UNICEF, Mediceine sans Frontieres, Sick Kids Foundation, Oxfam, Greenpeace, David Suzuki foundation and Ontario March of Dimes
May 2002-2004 Elephant and Castle restaurant, Ottawa, Ontario
July 2004 Production assistant (TV) Bell Making the Cut
June 2004 & 2005 Summer Institute of Film and Television; AV and driver
March –Aug 2003 One World Film Festival, World Inter-Action Mondiale (WIAM)
· Film Selection Coordinator objectives are to order film from worldwide distributors, organize volunteer group with screenings and manage results to establish themes for the 4 day festival.
April 2000-2003 Starbucks Coffee Company, Clarica Centre
Feb 2002-2003 Wallack’s Art Shop; window displays and inventory
Dec -Sept 2001 House of Commons; Member of Parliament Joe Fontana
Feb-April 2001 H & R Block Secretary/ Cash Back Cheque Administrator
May –Aug 2001 Geneva Park Conference Center; Lifeguard/Aquafitness
June 1998–2000 Instructor Lifeguard, YMCA of London, Ontario

ENTRPRENURIAL ACTIVITIES:
June 2002-present Klown Kaleidoscope; Ottawa, Ontario
Children Clown and face painter for birthday parties and special events. Charity events include WIAM’s One World Film Festival, Fair trade day, Bytowne Days, Tulip Festival, CHEO Teddy Bears Picnic, Lanark Highlands Art of Being Green Festival.

PRODUCTION ARTIST:

July 2004 Promotional chalkboards and painted kegs for bar/ restaurant.
Nov 2003 ( Christmas display) May 2002 (Spring window)Designer for window display: Wallack’s Art Store 241 Bank street

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:


July 2006 Zanzibar International Film festival of the Dhow countries; ZIFF
· Guest teacher with my Swahili interpreter to host a tactile workshop entitled “history of cinema, a contrast on celluloid” for 30 youth at the Alternative Learning school as part of the children’s panorama.

April 2006- present Roots & Shoots; umbrella of Jane Goodall Institute, Dar es Salaam
· Art & Photo contest-fundraiser, a beach clean up and visiting local primary and secondary schools to inspire student focused community service groups.

March 31-2006 Habitat for Humanity; Tanzanian Gatsby Trust (TGT) -PhotographerAttended an interview of women in a village on the North end of Zanzibar Island. Photographed approximately 8 families in front of their old houses and the foundations for new ones, built by volunteers from Habitat for more stable conditions in the community. Photos may be used n the newsletter for donors of charity group.

ELLECTED OFFICES:
Sept 2003 –August 2005 Independent Filmmakers Co-operative Ottawa (IFCO) I was elected director general position on Board of Directors further acclaimed as President in July 15 2004. Responsibilities included agenda for monthly board meetings, authorizing accounts, hiring and evaluations of executive director and organizing annual general meetings of a 200 plus membership. Sub-committees I was involved with include policy, finance, grant, fundraising and cultural equity.

July 1998 –July 2000 Association of Student Governments (ASG)
In all my years of secondary school I was involved with student parliament. I held the elected offices of Secretary, Treasurer and Vice President. Later I became involved with the ASG which served as an umbrella group for student councils across the city. While I was President of the ASG, we held a annual leadership conference for delegates from more than 35 schools. Myself and four officers were responsible for food, lodging, entertainment, t-shirts, Identity cards, manuals and sponsorship.


References: available upon request

Beach Clean up! EARTHDAY_ APRIL 22

Tony, Johana & i battle the rubbish.
i get to use a borrowed camera, and feel like mine wasn't stolen , for a few minutes i am the video queen.
Linda spells Earth day with shoes. it rained all day, on and off. we had tanzanians come to clean in the morning and international students in the afternoon, about 30 total. Then we had a party at dr. jane goodalls house.
on the tuesday there was a story in the paper, james the citizen's reporter came the next mornig to take a picture of the piles of rubbish and me

JGI-R&S ART and PHOTO CONTEST

The Jane Goodall Institute
For Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
ROOTS & SHOOTS - TANZANIA
PO Box 727 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 22 270 0795; Email: roots-shoots@twiga.com

May 5, 2006
PLEASE DISTRIBUE WIDELY
RE: PRESS RELEASE; Art & Photo Contest

Introduction

Roots & Shoots is an Environmental and Humanitarian Education Programmed for Youth, established in Dar as Salaam, 19th, February 1991, by Dr. Jane Goodall; and currently is found in more than 70 Countries in the World. The Programmed is executed through the Jane Goodall Institute a non-profit Organization devoted to wildlife Research, Conservation and Education. Roots & Shoots believes in young people involvement and in supporting our communities.

Art & Photo Contest Fundraiser
In order to fundraise for a historical field trip for 100 students from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo, Roots & Shoots is asking all interested people to become creatively engaged in our environment. This is an opportunity for hobbyists and professional artist to exhibit there talents to their peers and community members. It is also a chance to help support local youth with regional and cultural education. Roots & Shoots goal is to provide education and promote collective responsibility because young people are a reason for hope.

We will be hosting an open Art & Photo contest, for all ages with the general theme of the PLANT-ANIMAL-HUMAN- a peaceful unity. This is to be an interpretive guideline and it is meant to inspire new understanding of our natural environment. We welcome all entries from different mediums and intend to use the artwork collected to promote local and international artists. However, we also anticipate that this inspired avenue will help to bring awareness of the situation of orphaned or abandoned street children and how we all can offer support.

Consider this your call from the wild; we asking for submissions of both art and photography to be accompanied by the entry form which also outline the rules of the competition.
The early-bird deadline for entries will be JUNE 5, 2006 (WORLD ENVIRONEMENT DAY) with the last minute deadline of JUNE 15, 2006 before 4pm.
The awards ceremony will be held JUNE 16, 2006 (AFRICAN CHILD DAY).

We are requesting any interested organizations or businesses to get involved with the project by making any possible monetary or in-kind donations. Our goal is to raise 50 000tsh to help support local Roots & Shoots Clubs in primary and secondary schools.
BECOME INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY & NAUTRAL SPACES.
To inquiry about SPONSORSHIP or PRIZE DONATION please contact Sarah Fowler via SMS to 0744-532-7778 or smfowsy@gmail.com.

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