Betty Asha left her home and studies behind to help nearly 2,300 people escape violence and cross the border into Uganda. Betty Asha’s phone rings constantly. Each time she picks up, a voice on the other end asks for help,…
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The South Sudanese Student Who Spent Her Summer Saving Refugees
Tagged with: Africa, Betty Asha, Kuluba, Oraba, Refugee response, Refugees, Rhino Camp, South Sudan, the Guardian, Uganda, UNHCR
Posted in Print
Posted in Print
Uganda’s Hip Hop for Change – CBC The World This Weekend
KAMPALA, Uganda – February 18, 2016 was the presidential election in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni extended his mandate beyond 30 years in power. But Ugandan youth want change. They are using indigenous language hip hop to express themselves and to…
Tagged with: Africa, Babaluku, censorship, Hip Hop, hip hop pioneers, Indigenous languages, Luga Flow, Luganda, Native tongues, Ronnie Styl'Zamunda, Sylvester Kabombo, Tushi Polo, Uganda
Posted in Radio
Posted in Radio
My Community, My Radio, My Mahad: The story of a Juba IDP settlement
JUBA, South Sudan – “I enjoy doing the radio program because it makes me feel like a journalist. I would like to learn more about journalism,” said 18-year-old Internews trainee, Riak Akech. “There are many things I don’t know. By talking to…
Tagged with: Africa, audio, Boda Boda Talk Talk, Communicating with Communities, community media, conflict, CwC, development, displaced South Sudanese, humanitarian information, ICT4d, ICTs, Information Communication Technologies, Internews, Juba, Kakuma refugee camp, kenya, Mahad, Mahad IDP settlement, media development, memory cards, My Mahad, People in Need, radio, SD card, South Sudan, Terre des hommes, training, War
Posted in Photography, Print, Radio
Posted in Photography, Print, Radio
Tanzania: Small-scale farmers speak up for better market access
Digging her hands into the soil, Juliana Amadeus pulls up a fistful of onions with green, leafy stems. As the wind picks up, the onions’ pungent aroma wafts across the one acre farm. Ms. Amadeus drops the onions on to…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, climate change, Elizabeth Wangui, farm radio international, farming, Himo town market, ICT4d, ICTs, Juliana Amadeus, Kilimanjaro region, Kirya village, Local Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation Project, market access, mobile phone poll, onions, Paza Sauti, radio, semi-arid region, tanzania
Posted in Print
Posted in Print
South Sudan’s Hip Hop Artists Call for Peace and Reconciliation Through the Unhip Practice of Farming
JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) – “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based dancehall reggae group, the…
Tagged with: Addis Ababa peace talks, Africa, agriculture, Artists call for peace and reconciliation, farming, Hip Hop, Juba, peace, South Sudan
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Posted in Print
Uganda: Farmer Profits By Branching Out Into Selling Sweet Potato Vines
Perpetua Okao pulls a ringing mobile phone out of her pocket. She responds to the caller, “Yes, I may still have some vines. How many do you need?” Mrs. Okao tucks the phone back into her pocket. She explains: “I’m…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, Farm Radio Weekly, ICTs, OFSP, Orange fleshed sweet potato, radio program, Radio Wa, Uganda, value addition, vines, Wa Farmer
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Posted in Print
War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan
JUBA, Aug 21 2014 (IPS) – Along the fertile banks of sub-Saharan Africa’s White Nile, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile River, a war veteran’s co-op is planting for a food secure future in South Sudan, a…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, famine, FAO, food crops, food insecurity, former SPLA, Juba, Mennonite Central Committee, Nile River, peace, Simon Agustino, South Sudan, UNMISS, vegetables, war veterans, Werithior Veterans Association, White Nile, Wilson Abisai Lodingareng
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Posted in Print
Uganda: Woman broadcaster scatters seeds of understanding via the radio
A car approaches Omwonya village, splashing through potholes and shuddering across the undulations of the wet and muddy road. Dozens of farmers have gathered in welcome. As they spot broadcaster Sarah Adongo in the car, women begin to ululate and…
Tagged with: A Farmer's World, Africa, agriculture, family farming, Gulu, Lobo pa Lupur, Mega FM, northern Uganda, Omwonya village, radio, Sarah Adongo, Uganda, women farmers
Posted in Print
Posted in Print
Tanzania: The Crop Doctor is in the Market
Dark clouds fill the sky, blocking the view of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Rain pours down on the bustling market in Himo town, about 100 kilometres east of Arusha. Farmers come from all over northern Tanzania to visit the bi-weekly “plant…
Tagged with: access to markets, Africa, agriculture, Arusha, CABI, Crop doctors, crop rotation, Farm News, farming, Himo market, Irish Aid, kenya, markets, plant doctors, planting, Plantwise, prescription, tanzania
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Posted in Print
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