Adam Bemma

  • Tanzania: Animals and crops provide mutual benefits in mixed farming

    Madanji Awe holds a recently-picked maize stalk which he has stripped clean of cobs. He places the long, yellowy-green stalk into a forage chopper and pulls the cord to start the motor. After a few attempts, the machine roars to life and shreds the stalk into bite-sized animal feed. Mr. Awe grows maize, beans, cowpeas,…

    Adam Bemma

  • Uganda: Teacher leaves classroom behind but keeps educating

    John Kaganga is transforming the lives of rural youth. The retired teacher is inspiring young people to pick up their hoes and build a brighter future in Kasejjere village, 70 kilometres northwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Mr. Kaganga says: “When I returned home after living in the city for 20 years, I saw the…

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  • Uganda: War orphan educates young farmers

    Jaspher Okello crouches low with his hands in the soil. He is surrounded by two hectares of orange-fleshed sweet potato vines which sprout from the earth. His three younger brothers watch and learn as he inspects the crop. The 20-year-old is a fine example of a Ugandan farmer. Mr. Okello says, “I have hope in…

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  • Farm Radio broadcaster: Monica Ruth Acan, Radio Wa, Uganda

    Monica Ruth Acan smiles and says, “I first felt the spirit of agriculture while I was a student in secondary school. All students had to tend to a garden. While I didn’t like doing it at first, I came to love it.” Ms. Acan presents two programs on Radio Wa: Wa Farmer (Our Farmer) and…

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  • Mingkaman FM: Helping to foster peace among cattle keepers

    Smoke billows from piles of smoldering cow dung at a cattle camp outside the town of Mingkaman, South Sudan. Children covered in ash dump grain bags full of fresh manure on to the ground, beside their makeshift homes. Once dried by the sun, they throw it on to the burning dung heaps. This keeps mosquitos…

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  • Tanzania: Cattle trails become dangerous erosion ‘super-highways’

    A community reporting project with Tanzanian high school students, and aspiring journalists, Loomoni Morwo, 19, Agnes Daniel, 18, for FRW. Jeremiah Chuma stares down into a chasm. He is standing only a stone’s throw from his family home in Ngarash, a village 30 kilometres west of Arusha. The three-kilometre-long and six-metre-deep korongo, or canyon, cuts…

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  • Bringing Gender Equity to the Airwaves in South Sudan

    Tune into 88FM in Malualkon, South Sudan, and likely you’ll hear more than the news and music. You’ll hear the voices of community role models. “I want to be a mirror of my nation,” said Aquilina Adhel, a journalist from Aweil, South Sudan. “I want to be the voice of the voiceless women and children…

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  • Uganda: Radio for Justice and Human Rights in northern Uganda

    A chime rings out from the radio speakers. A booming male voice intones: “This is Facing Justice, brought to you by the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, discussing issues of justice and human rights in northern Uganda.” Facing Justice was a biweekly radio program which aired on radio stations across seven northern Ugandan districts.…

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  • Tanzanian journalist benefits from Canadian capacity building efforts

    ARUSHA, Tanzania – The radio speaker cackles with static as Rotlinde Achimpota turns the dial, before stopping at 93 FM  ̶ Mambo Jambo Radio, affectionately known to its listeners as MJ. The voice of a young broadcaster is heard reporting live from a bongo flava concert. This speaks volumes about the message this energetic radio…

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  • The Ugandan Radio Show That Saves Lives

    KAMPALA, Uganda – There is a corner in towns and cities across Uganda where there stands a memorial to the lowering of the Union Jack in 1962, which signaled the sunset of British colonial rule and the dawn of independence. In the northern city of Gulu, the monument is situated near the building which houses…

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