Hello to all of you readers. If you missed this, you missed out. It was one of the best Graduations NairoBits has ever had. The cameras, the clad (wear), the graduates, the presentations, the entertainment, the refreshments and finally, the fun of being together and seeing people you haven’t seen in quite a while.
It all begun a few months ago when the now graduates started preparing for there projects to the execution of the projects, to there rehearsals a day before the actual graduation.
The rehearsals were tense, ‘will the site work or not?’ was the question on many of them at the rehearsals and since they had done them to there level best none of them had any glitch and they were ready for show-casing at the graduation.
The day came (3rd July 2008) and the graduates came accompanied by parents, relatives and friends. The event begun at around 10:30 am and the hall was full to overflowing. With a prayer from a graduate then followed a welcome speech from the management by Roseirene after which there was some entertainment from a number of the graduates. There was a song, narration and a poem performed to the audience who where eagerly waiting.
The staff was then introduced to the audience after which the presentations begun. The course 3 went first with there cultural projects presentations. These groups comprised of five students in each group thus the groups were six. After each group presentation, each individual in the group was given a chance to introduce themselves, mention their role in the making of the site then they would show t-shirts they had personally designed and explain the thinking behind the design on the t-shirt. The graduates were then awarded with a certificate of merit.
The first group was doing a project on the communication culture and the site name was ‘Africom’ they got the name from African Communication. Second was a project on footwear well known by Kenyan’s as ‘akala’ and the site name was ‘Akalture’ they got the name from Akala Culture. Third was the group dealing with the tradition healers and the site name was, ‘Forgotten Healers’. To them the traditional healers have been forgotten by the people yet they still do the same healing they did to our fore fathers, which is why they called the site the forgotten healers. Next was the sheng’ culture and the site name was ‘Sheng’ Dictionary’ for sure this explains itself it’s all about the sheng’ language. The next group was doing a site about African music and the site name was ‘Kenya
During the break there were a number of things one couldn’t avoid seeing. One of them was the surprise on the guests faces they couldn’t believe that such people could achieve such sites within such a short time.
The other thing that one had to notice was the clad (wear) style. The people were dressed for the occasion, ‘dressed to kill’. The ladies with their nicely made dresses and the gentlemen in designer wear.
It all begun a few months ago when the now graduates started preparing for there projects to the execution of the projects, to there rehearsals a day before the actual graduation.
The rehearsals were tense, ‘will the site work or not?’ was the question on many of them at the rehearsals and since they had done them to there level best none of them had any glitch and they were ready for show-casing at the graduation.
The day came (3rd July 2008) and the graduates came accompanied by parents, relatives and friends. The event begun at around 10:30 am and the hall was full to overflowing. With a prayer from a graduate then followed a welcome speech from the management by Roseirene after which there was some entertainment from a number of the graduates. There was a song, narration and a poem performed to the audience who where eagerly waiting.
During the break there were a number of things one couldn’t avoid seeing. One of them was the surprise on the guests faces they couldn’t believe that such people could achieve such sites within such a short time.
The other thing that one had to notice was the clad (wear) style. The people were dressed for the occasion, ‘dressed to kill’. The ladies with their nicely made dresses and the gentlemen in designer wear.
After the break there was a skit by the graduates and its theme was something to do with the well known disease, the killer disease, HIV/AIDS. Quite educative and entertaining!
Then next the media-labers began their presentations. They each had two projects to present; their personal portfolios and one corporate website. This got the audience even more amazed especially their personal portfolios that were full flash animated sites, with music and amazing features. During this all the ears and eyes were stuck on the presentation. Some of the children who had attended couldn’t help but envy the graduates and wish to be like them one day, their dreams all of a sudden took another route, the design route.
Then next the media-labers began their presentations. They each had two projects to present; their personal portfolios and one corporate website. This got the audience even more amazed especially their personal portfolios that were full flash animated sites, with music and amazing features. During this all the ears and eyes were stuck on the presentation. Some of the children who had attended couldn’t help but envy the graduates and wish to be like them one day, their dreams all of a sudden took another route, the design route.
It was during these presentations that we all realized how big the NairoBits family was and it’s joy to have grown a child bigger, one of the graduates had just had a beautiful baby girl and not only was her mother happy and proud of having her that day off success but so was the NairoBits family led by Anne one of our ‘mothers’.
After each presentation, like the course 3 presentations, the graduates were awarded with a certificate of the merit of these amazing skills. After the presentations there was a dance by siblings of one of the graduates, that was one of the best entertainments of the day.
After each presentation, like the course 3 presentations, the graduates were awarded with a certificate of the merit of these amazing skills. After the presentations there was a dance by siblings of one of the graduates, that was one of the best entertainments of the day.
Anne then stood to give a vote of thanks and the first thing was to congratulate the graduates and give them some motherly advise, then she thanked the visitors for there time, patience and support to the students.
The graduation was then officially ended with a word of prayer from one of the graduates’ parents. To crown the day there were some refreshments prepared by the Nairobits family. It was good to accompany the refreshment with stories and congratulations from all over and everyone.
The graduation was then officially ended with a word of prayer from one of the graduates’ parents. To crown the day there were some refreshments prepared by the Nairobits family. It was good to accompany the refreshment with stories and congratulations from all over and everyone.
This e-news compiled and reported by Emmanuel (student), Simon (student) and Wilson (trainer) MAY THE BITS BE WITH U ALL!
