On 24 March, it’s that time again: MOYO will be cooking at the Innsbruck Dinner Club under the motto “Jambo Tyrol meets Kenya”. The dinner club is a series of events organised by the Integration House of the Diocese of Innsbruck. According to the motto “Eat with us for a good life for all”, people from different cultures come together on cooking evenings, indulge in culinary delights and at the
Ms Sophie Elizabeth Kibuywa used her trip to Europe to visit various project partners, including our association MOYO in Innsbruck. It was important for MOYO that not only the members of the association have the opportunity to talk to Ms Kibuywa, so a lecture was organised for Tuesday, 24 January 2023, at the University of Innsbruck. This lecture was organised together with our partner, the Master’s programme Gender, Culture and
On Sunday 22 January 2022, Sophie Kibuywa, the director of our partner organisation in Kenya, arrived in Innsbruck on the Flixbus from Frankfurt. Barbara Messner, President of MOYO, was delighted to see her again, as the women had not seen each other for more than two years. Due to COVID and the elections in Kenya, a trip to Africa in the summer of 2022, combined with school visits, was not
Lecture and Discussion:Sophie Elizabeth KibuywaWordking for peace, sustainability and justice WHEN: Tuesday, 24.1.2023, 18:00 UhrWHERE: Hörsaal 4, Innrain 52 (Geiwi), 6020 Innsbruck LECTURE: Sophie Elizabeth Kibuywa (Kenya)MODERATION: Kristin Nemeth (association MOYO)LANGUAGE: English Welcome and introductory words by Barbara Messner, President of the MOYO association. Sophie Elizabeth Kibuywa has dedicated herself to the fight against injustice and oppression and almost had to pay for this commitment with her life. Today, the activist
On December 10th, after a 2-year break due to corona, the time had finally come again – the Patscher Advent market opened its doors from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. At a large number of Christmas market stalls, visitors could admire and purchase handmade carvings, natural cosmetics, decorative objects, as well as lovingly made knitwear and textiles from local producers. Culinary well-being was also taken care of: in addition to
Thanks to the generous donations of our supporters, more than 30 girls were able to attend the school in 2022. We would especially like to thank our sponsor, the province of Tyrol. This financial contribution made it possible for many girls to attend school. We would like to highlight the fate of Veronica, an orphan who lives with her grandmother and had to drop out of school after 3 years
On Tuesday, November 29th, a “sporting-literary reading” took place in the Hall of New Orleans at the University of Innsbruck for the benefit of the MOYO association. At this charity event, the Innsbruck librarian and author Christian Kössler presented his latest book “A goal is whoever eats in the goal – literary from the goalkeeper’s perspective”. Christian Kössler was a member of the Tyrolean lower house of football for many
In the evening of September 28, 2022, in the pub Sixty Twenty lots of people kicked for a good cause. Together with the event manager Tobi of the restaurant, the idea of a charity-Wuzzler-tournament was born. Thanks to the support of the association TST Tablesoccer Tirol, this instance could finally be put into practice. A total of 24 teams of different levels followed the table soccer call to “kick for
On June 17, 2022 from 4 p.m. the time had come: Despite high summer temperatures of around 30 degrees, the Street Food Festival as part of the Wilten Cultural Summer took place. According to the motto “Wilten cooks”, local restaurants spoiled the guests with traditional dishes. MOYO was also there. East African specialties were offered together with Martha Kirungo: Sambusas (spicy dumplings filled with meat) were available for meat lovers,
Yesterday, the screening of the film “FATUMA – struggles and successes of a woman in Tanzania” took place at the SoWi in lecture hall 2, followed by a discussion. Despite the glorious summer weather, 70 interested people gathered in the room. After the film screening and short statements by assoz. Prof. Mag. Andreas Exenberger (Institute for Economic Theory, Policy and History, University of Innsbruck) and Ing. MMag. Matthias Danninger (formerly