Adam Bemma

  • 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 my elders at Mahad, I can learn so much more.” Mahad is an Islamic primary…

    Adam Bemma

  • Kenya’s Community Reporters

    NAIROBI, Kenya – I believe in the power of community media to transform communities. In my home country, due to the National Film Board of Canada’s Challenge for Change program from the 1960s to 80s, marginalized Canadians came together to speak truth to power through participatory filmmaking. This tradition now continues in documentary film and…

    Adam Bemma

  • Mathare Radio provides local news relevant to Nairobi slums

    In 2007, Wairimu Gitau dreamed of starting a community radio station broadcasting in Sheng for residents of Nairobi, Kenya’s Mathare slum. Seven years later and her dream is closer to becoming a reality as she builds ties in the community and hopes to soon receive funding. Building its presence online, Mathare Radio is now a household…

    Adam Bemma

  • Mathare music centre gives voice to Kenyan youth living in slum

    Billian Okoth runs Billian Music Family, a youth centre in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Through music and dance, Billian empowers youth to make change in their community, and in the process giving them a chance to dream of a brighter future. Featuring Billian Okoth, Stephen Onyango (17), Faith Awour (13) and Lewinsky Wanjiku (14).

    Adam Bemma

  • Fight to Protect Girls in Kenya

    Mercy Chidi has been called the “Erin Brockovich of Kenya” for her tireless struggle to make her country safer for young girls. She runs a refuge centre for victims of sexual assault, and campaigns to bring offenders to justice. This report aired on DW WorldLink episode Journeys into uncharted territory on Oct. 18, 2014.

    Adam Bemma

  • Kenya Slum Upgrading Project in Kibera

    Featuring Kibera residents Godwin Oyindo, 24, Hilda Olali, 49, and Justus Ongera, 24.

    Adam Bemma

  • Ethiopia’s “Terrorist” Journalists and Bloggers

    NAIROBI, Kenya – A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But the noise generated by the hyperbolic international media is drowning out the critical voices. Political opposition is being strangled by the authorities as activists and journalists are arrested and thrown into jail at a dizzying…

    Adam Bemma

  • Kenya’s Own ‘Erin Brockovich’ Changes Lives of Girl Survivors of Sexual Abuse

    MERU, Kenya, Aug 11 2014 (IPS) – Surrounded by endless rows of green tea plants, Mary carefully picked a leaf and placed it into a basket next to her. It seemed like an ordinary day at work for the 13-year-old girl from Meru, in central Kenya. After work she escaped to the adjacent farm for…

    Adam Bemma

  • Creating a Slum Within a Slum

    NAIROBI, Jul 22 2014 (IPS) – At the eastern edge of Nairobi’s Kibera slum, children gather with large yellow jerry cans to collect water dripping out of an exposed pipe. The high-rise grey and beige Soweto East settlement towers above them. A girl lifts the can on top of her head and returns to her…

    Adam Bemma

  • 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 clinic” at the market. Some even travel across the border from neighbouring Kenya. Wilson Mchomvu…

    Adam Bemma
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