It's been a wild year for Mahiga Hope High School and The Nobelity Project. One year after we broke ground and began construction on the classroom building and the Rainwater Court, the school is open with 135 high schoolers enrolled in grades 9, 10 and 11. That number goes up every month, and we are well on our way to capacity of 350 students.
While we were working with the community to build the school, I've been shooting the Nobelity Project's third feature documentary, Building Hope. We had a World Premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival - and Building Hope won the prestigious Lone Star Audience Award, and had very emotional response from a big crowd at the recent Paramount Theatre Premiere in Austin.
While we're talking to distributors, Building Hope will continue to play select film festivals. Our goal is to launch a much louder global conversation on the need for universal secondary education in Africa and elsewhere. We've also launched our new Kenya Schools Fund, building classrooms, libraries, computer labs and water systems at rural schools across Kenya. Work on these projects is already underway, so stay tuned for details on specific projects.
Here's what the critics are saying:
‘Building Hope is an inspiring documentary that not only builds hope for the youth of Kenya, but also empowers people thousands of miles away to affect change through small yet significant contributions.’ - Slackerwood.com
‘Turk Pipkin traces the building of the Mahiga Hope High in Kenya with the moving Building Hope. The movie concludes with a rousing grand opening of the school.’ - Austin American Statesman
‘Inspirational Red Bull for the humanitarian soul and proof positive that you – yes, you – can help fix our broken world and make a difference in the lives of countless others.’ - The Austin Chronicle
Thanks all! To receive (occasional) updates on the film and Mahiga Hope HIgh School, send an email to: info@nobelity.org
3 comments:
When we say building hope, how will you do that? How will you build the hope of one person's life, what will you do to give them hope. This is not really simple things to do most of all if the hope of one person has already gone. Bringing back hope is very crucial to do, but with the great courage and a heart that willing to help other people this is can be possible.
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