Shaggy honors Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai
Shaggy planted a tree honoring the late Wangari Muta Maathai, the first woman from the African continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize who died last Monday. Watch footage of the ceremony and an interview video with Shaggy!
Shaggy is in Kenya for his performance at the Tusker All Stars concert at the Carnivore Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya on October 1. He says:
“It’s an honor to be a part of the festivity and what’s going on. Obviously, I heard the whole story about the planting of the trees by this person and pretty much the fact that we’ve lost such a great person who was involved in the development of this forest. These are great people who you can follow.”
Wangari Muta Maathai was instrumental in both the environmental and human rights movements in Africa. She was best known for establishing the Pan African Green Belt Movement, which was described by the Nobel Prize Organization as a “broad-based, grassroots organization whose main focus is the planting of trees with women groups in order to conserve the environment and improve the quality of life.”
Maathai helped women plant more than 20 million trees on farms, schools and church compounds. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD (Biology). She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
Shaggy & Friends concert
The Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children took place last weekend at the Lawns of Jamaica House. The event started with an auction, after which Shaggy, Boyz II Men, Mario Winans, Joe, Machel Montano HD, Beenie Man, Baby Trish, Toots Hibbert, Ce’Cile, Alaine, Tessanne Chin, Mikal Rose, T.O.K., Sanchez, Mavado, Bounty Killer, Cham, Queen Ifrica, Chevaughn, Ding Dong, Ity & Fancy Cat, Dr Michael Abrahams, Blakka Ellis and many more were on stage. According to attendees, the concert was overall a huge success!
All proceeds of the concert will go to the Bustamente Hospital for Children, which is the only pediatric hospital in the West Indies. It lacks the resources to provide adequate care for sick children. By attending the hospital or contributing otherwise you can support this worthy cause! More info.
Shaggy & Friends Celebrity Pre-Party photos
The day before the Shaggy & Friends concert, a celebrity and press pre-party was held at Fiction Lounge in Kingston. Shaggy, DJ Kue, Ce’Cile, Alaine and many more attended. SociaLingua has a photo gallery!
Shaggy Foundation on Deal or No Deal
Big Yard recording artist Christopher Martin represented the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation in Deal or No Deal, a Digicel tv show in which contestants can try to win a lot of money. He won over $400,000 for the charity! You can read more and view photos in among others the Bajan Reporter, Jamaica Observer, Jamaica Star and Kingston Chronicle.
Shaggy for Shaggy & Friends concert endorsement video
The Shaggy & Friends concert in benefit of the Bustamente Hospital for Children is this Saturday. Here’s a video of Shaggy talking about the concert and how you can get involved!
Shaggy & Friends concert: organizers and auction
So, besides Shaggy, who are the people behind the Shaggy Double Dare to Care concert? The Jamaica Gleaner has a lot of articles about the women behind the Shaggy & Friends concert, who make this huge event happen: Rebecca Packer, Sharon Burke, Angela Thame, Charmaine Franklyn, Jacqui Tyson and Nikki Barbar! You can read a little about the concert’s auction on E-Square.
Shaggy interview about Shaggy & Friends
Real Vibez interviewed Shaggy about his charity work for the Bustamente Hospital for Children. Why does he do this, what kind of equipment has he donated, what will the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation be buying for the hospital in 2010 and what message can he give to the younger generation? You can hear Shaggy’s answers in the interview video!
“If you’re going to do something, make a difference!”
Two Sevens Splash 2008 pictures Funx.fm has pictures of Shaggy’s concert at yesterday’s Two 77 Splash Festival in Amsterdam, Holland! Use the scroll bar to view the pics of Shaggy and band after the photos of among others Alaine and Cecile.
Afro-Latino Festival 2008 photos
Photocord.nl has a large number of HQ photos from Shaggy’s performance at the Afro-Latino 2008 Festival in Bree, Belgium. You can view them here and buy them at at this page (click on Shaggy).
Reggae im Park 2008 pics
Shaggy performed at the Reggae im Park 2008 in Hamburg on Friday. Here are a couple of photos of the event.
Garance Reggae Festival in Paris, France 2008 review and photos Street Blogger wrote that Shaggy’s performance on the Garance Reggae Festival was fantastic. He interacted with the audience in a great way and he made his show an exclusive happening. The Streetblogger review also includes a lot of photos, which you can view in the photo album which you can view under the cut. (more…)
Photos Cycamp.at has more photos of Shaggy in concert on the X-Jam 2008 in Turkey. Also, Diskothek.at / Wirtshaus.at has a lot of cool high quality pictures of Shaggy at the X-Jam.
More photos
For more photos of the X-Jam 2008 in Turkey, visit part I of this site’s coverage of Shaggy at the X-Jam 2008.
Shaggy interview video and images from the concert on the X-Jam 2008 in Turkey yesterday
Shaggy at X-Jam 2008 in Turkey photos
Shaggy performed at the X-Jam 2008 in Turkey yesterday. Philipp Hutter has high quality pictures of Shaggy and Rayvon performing at the event and Vienna Press also has a lot of photos.
