Our ECHO network members employ creativity in their research to amplify the voices of the communities they work with or to express themselves. Here are some of the artistic endeavours created by our ECHO members.

Not An Echo But The Call ECHO 

By Muthoni Mbwiria

Muthoni…Muthooooni… Muthoooooni…

Muthoni…Muthooooniiiii… Muthoooni… Muthooooni

I hear my echo,

No, not again,

This valley of books,

Armed with a laptop,

As my fingers try to find the way out…

It’s been three years since…

Just echoes…tab…tab…tabbbbbbbbbbbbb

I cheer as the sun rays beacon,

Bidding goodbye to the shivers…

Just an echo? Just an echo!

No, it’s not an echo…

No longer an echo…

Sanaa, Aman, Kelvin…

They call,

Welcome to the ECHO!

Thank you, for the invite.

Poems About Identity, Health and Traditions by Aman Rattan can be found here: amanrattan.com/poems