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A Dancer’s Tale

Book Reviewed by Tabitha Makumi , Enabling Support Foundation Communications and PR.   What kind of dances are practiced in today’s schools? And how further have dancers been able to progress a career in dancing? Hopefully, schools at Enabling Support Foundation can foster talent in dance and musicals at an early age.   Welcome to the world of Phyllis Spira a Ballerina who has been dancing since she was four. The story of her career is told from the time she started dancing in South Africa, travelled the world, then came back to her home country with nothing but pride and honour in her dancing shoes.   Authored by Thea Nicole de Clerk, Illustrations by Samantha Cutler, Designed by Roberto Pita and Edited by Lisa- Treffry Goatley, The Dancers tales will inspire young artists in the music industry to chase their dreams.   If anything, it might also remind educators around the world and music lovers of the renowned song, “Diamond in the sole of their shoes,” song by Paul Simo

Much Awaited Manual of Kusoma Integrated Arts is Live

By Tabitha Makumi, Enabling Support Foundation Communications and PR, Until schools re-open in January, parents will be playing the much needed role of teachers, a task they’ve been on since COVID 19 wrecked havoc in the education sector back in March 2020.   Shared by Enabling Support Foundation CEO and Founder, Dr. Robert Zenhausern is an educators manual into the arts of how the app Kusoma works.   “The original approach was called Look, Listen, Think.  The child looks at a word, the word is spoken, and the child thinks about the word no more than two to three seconds,” shares Dr. Robert.   In a previous article on Kusoma being the Answer during COVID 19 by the communications department at the foundation, the Kusoma approach has proven to be effective to reading than the traditional approach. In the recent past, parents have been taught how to utilize Kusoma via email and WhatsApp. Ideally, the approach has been successful to over 900 children in Kenya and Uganda.   Shared