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Uganda Women Farmers Lack Access to Critical Information via Radio
KAMPALA, Uganda – I traveled across Uganda, last May, to conduct focus group discussions with smallholder farmers on the impact of the My Children radio drama, produced by Farm Radio International and Harvest Plus Uganda. This radio drama taught farmers about the nutrition and benefits of growing and consuming orange-fleshed sweet potato. It became obvious…
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Sister Martha’s fight for albino rights – DW (Deutsche Welle) WorldLink
Tanzania’s Sister Martha is likened to Mother Teresa by friends. Born Martha Mganga, this 50-year-old albino has spent the last 30 years educating Tanzanians about the plight of PWA – persons with albinism. She goes to rural communities, where albino deaths are most common, to counter witch doctor beliefs that albino body parts and organs…
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South African documentary filmmaker talks gentrification in JoBurg
South African documentary filmmaker, Arya Laloo, talks about gentrification in her Johannesburg district, Jeppestown. Laloo is co-director of the 2013 film Jeppe on a Friday. Named one of the best African films of 2013 by the U.K. Guardian newspaper.
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Tanzania’s Loliondo land dispute – CBC The World This Weekend
Loliondo borders Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s number one tourist attraction, famous for its abundance of wildlife and a crucial migratory path. A Loliondo game controlled area was established by the government in 2009. Earlier this year, the government announced it wants to take 1,500 square kilometres of this land to convert into a wildlife corridor.…
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The slum series – Voice of Kibera
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kibera is known as Africa’s largest slum. It’s located in Nairobi, Kenya and home to a new media renaissance. Featuring the voices of Vincent Achuka, editor and journalist at the Ghetto Mirror, Sande Wycliffe, programmer at the online news platform, Voice of Kibera, and Douglas Namale, founder and editor of Mtani Insight…
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#RightsMedia report: #PippiHouse, a place for #abused girls in #Tanzania
Pippi House is Tanzania’s only safe house for abused and homeless girls. Founded in 2011 by Aristides Nshange, Pippi House in Arusha is a family-run home for 18 Tanzanian girls, ranging in age from 13 to 22. The mission of Nshange and Pippi House is to improve the lives of at-risk girls in Tanzania by…
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RightsMedia report: @MJ93fm Empowering girls with education in Tanzania
A feature story by Mambo Jambo Radio 93.0 FM Arusha’s Rotlinde Achimpota. Airing Aug. 22, 2013 on MJ FM’s Matukio ya siku program. Shukuru means to give thanks in the Swahili language. The organization’s pilot project is run in a village near Moshi, Tanzania teaching girls how to raise and care for chickens to finance their…
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#RightsMedia report @SchoolOfStJude; Fighting #poverty through #education
Gemma Sisia is an Australian who founded The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania. Her work fighting poverty through education has turned this private, charity-funded school into one of East Africa’s most renowned educational institutions. St Jude is the patron saint of hopeless causes, which suites Sisia and her school well considering her pursuit to…
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#RightsMedia report: Providing #justice and protecting #humanrights in #Africa
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) is a law society working to protect the rights of Africans across the continent. Based in Arusha, Tanzania, PALU is involved in cases before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. PALU was a part of the legal team representing Reverend Christopher Mtikila in his precedent-setting case against…
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#RightsMedia report: #Africa ‘s #humanrights court of #justice
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights was established in Arusha, Tanzania by the African Union (AU) to protect human rights across the continent. In its almost 10 years of existence (began in 2004) it delivered a 2009 judgment against Senegal inadmissible, and most recently ruled in favour of Reverend Christopher Mtikila in his…
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