Adam Bemma

  • The slum series – Moshi’s social reality

    MOSHI, Tanzania — “Shikamoo Mama Kishe,” a girl says as she balances a bucket of water on her head, crossing the railway line. This is the ultimate form of respect in the Swahili language, and a way to greet elders in Tanzania. “Marahaba,” Mama Kishe responds. Born 57 years ago in Moshi, Tanzania, Fudasia Kishe…

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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: Investigative #journalist exposes shocking truth about #Tanzania

    Former BBC journalist, and now executive director of Under the Same Sun Tanzania, Vicky Ntetema‘s pursuit of the truth has lead to more understanding about the killing of persons with albinism (PWA) in Tanzania. Her investigative reports shone light on the dark subject of witchcraft in the East African country and how ignorance and poverty…

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  • #RightsMedia report: African #BarrickGold ‘s alleged #humanrights violations in #Tanzania

    African Barrick is a unit of Canada’s Barrick Gold mining company. It operates four mines in northwest Tanzania, one being the North Mara gold mine, where alleged human rights violations have been perpetrated against the local population. A high profile court case has shone a spotlight on Barrick’s practices in Africa. Dr. Ayub Rioba is…

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  • #RightsMedia report: #Childcare and #education for #Arusha #orphans

    Happiness Wambura founded LOHADA – Loving Hand for the Disadvantaged and Aged – in 1998. She took in children from the streets of Arusha and began running an orphanage and, a few years later, a primary school in the city’s Unga Limited slum area known as Uswahilini (meaning common folk in English). Now she provides…

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  • This is Africa: My immigration ordeal #TIA #Tanzania #Corruption in #Africa

    My immigration ordeal started on the morning of Tuesday, June 11, 24 hours after I returned from a 12-hour-long bus ride from Dar-es-Salaam. I woke up at 5 a.m. the day before, Monday morning, feeling physically ill (I won’t go into details, except to say I picked up a bug after eating from a roadside…

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  • #RightsMedia doc: #Tanzania ‘s #burgeoning #youth #opposition

    Part 2: 27-year-old Nanyaro Ephata is a Chadema (political opposition party in Tanzania) youth leader based in Arusha. He organizes party youth to rally behind elected members of parliament when they visit the region to speak. Ephata accuses the governing CCM party of being behind the June 15, 2013 bombing at a Chadema rally in…

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  • #RightsMedia doc: The #rise of #Tanzania ‘s #opposition #Chadema party

    Part 1: Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo – Party for Democracy and Progress) is the political opposition in Tanzania’s parliament. A bombing at a Chadema rally in Arusha on June 15, 2013, the day before a by-election, caused four deaths and now many are beginning to question the stability in this once peaceful, democratic…

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  • A modern day Mother Teresa: Tanzania’s Sister Martha

    ARUSHA, Tanzania — Meet Martha Mganga. She’s a 50-year-old Tanzanian woman with albinism. She’s not afraid to use the term “albino” when referring to herself and others living with this condition. Albinism is defined as a rare, non-contagious, genetically-inherited condition occurring in both genders regardless of ethnicity, in all countries of the world. As the first…

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