This I Can Do - A Podcast Where Creativity Meets Impact

This week, I talk to Jay Michael Jaboneta, the Co-Founder of the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation and several technology startups. I want to know just how one moment on Facebook yielded the Yellowboat of Hope, an organization dedicated to improving school attendance among children commuting between islands to get to school in the Philippines, a nation of over 7,000 islands. Jay sits on the boards of various organizations in the country, and consults with the De La Salle - College of St. Benilde on Disruptive Technologies, Resource Mobilization, and Social Innovation.

I celebrate wildlife and environmental conservationists who won the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize, talk about baby elephants and show you how to get started taking actions to fight for the earth's future. ''The power is yours.''- Captain Planet

In a two-part interview, Side B finds Melissa Mbugua and I chatting about creative business in Africa and building houses so that people can do things. We also talk about what choosing work inspired by play looks like and delve deeper into what heavy duty imagination business really looks like.

Episode Notes:

To connect with Melissa Mbugua

Melissa Mbugua's website and to read her musings on Medium (Melissa Mbugua on Medium)

To join Creatives for Climate Change : Creatives for Climate Change Network

NBO Film Fest 2021/22 details and to watch NBO Film Festival CoDirector Mbithi Masya's film Kati Kati

To read all about Africa Podfest - Subscribe to our Monthly Newsy newsletter

What book she is reading: Skin In the Game - Nasim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads)

About the Podcast

Hosted by Josephine Karianjahi from home studio on a #BlueYeti Microphone and #Bose Headphones. Virtual Interview captured on #Cleanfeed and recorded in Nairobi, Kenya and Dusseldorf, Germany. Edited via GarageBand.

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In a two-part interview, Side A finds Melissa Mbugua and I chatting about beating impostor syndrome and building a strong voice against climate change as residents of earth. We also talk about the long game and hard work, living in the "Two Years Ago was 2017" mindset and delve into what heavy duty imagination business really looks like.

Episode Notes:

To connect with Melissa Mbugua

Melissa Mbugua's website and to read her musings on Medium (Melissa Mbugua on Medium)

To join Creatives for Climate Change : Creatives for Climate Change Network

NBO Film Fest 2021/22 details and to watch NBO Film Festival CoDirector Mbithi Masya's film Kati Kati

To read all about Africa Podfest - Subscribe to our Monthly Newsy newsletter

What book she is reading: Skin In the Game - Nasim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads)

About the Podcast

Hosted by Josephine Karianjahi from home studio on a #BlueYeti Microphone and #Bose Headphones. Virtual Interview captured on #Cleanfeed and recorded in Nairobi, Kenya and Dusseldorf, Germany. Edited via GarageBand.

On Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | To Invite Me As A Speaker

Captured in under 60 minutes, this episode finds Marcus Olang', a Kenyan photographer and media personality whose words storify his photography. His work behind the lens and his journey to speaking up has led him to have a life of advocacy and impact beyond the frame.

Episode Notes:

To connect with Marcus - Stills By Marcus

Read his musings on Beyond The Stills

To support voices gathered to raise funds for cancer treatments in Kenya - support the award winning Twakutukuza Trust choir which Marcus has been photographing for years, and which donates proceeds from the Trust events to support the high cost of cancer care in Kenya

Places of Interest

Diani Beach: Ultimate Guide to Diani Beach

Karura Forest: Watch Josephine's captivating video reel (Instagram) or support Friends of Karura Forest (Website)

Glossary

KOT: Kenyans on Twitter - very active Twitter users in Kenya who can either be a fierce mob or mobilise for good depending on the day of the week

Tetris: One of the earliest video games, considered more challenging than chess as speed and dexterity are required

About the Podcast

Hosted by Josephine Karianjahi from home studio on a #BlueYeti Microphone and #Bose Headphones. Virtual Interview captured on #Cleanfeed and recorded in Nairobi, Kenya and Dusseldorf, Germany. Edited via GarageBand.

On Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | To Invite Me As A Speaker