MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – To celebrate July 9, South Sudan’s fifth independence anniversary, Internews hosted a multimedia exhibit featuring photographs and audio produced by Mingkaman Young Reporters. This is a group of youth from Mingkaman, Awerial County I had trained…
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South Sudan’s Young Reporters Independence Day Exhibit Displays True Promise
Tagged with: 2016 Juba crisis, Awerial County, independence day, Internews, journalism, media development, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Mingkaman Young Reporters, Multimedia exhibit, Photography, radio, South Sudan
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Posted in Print, Radio
Loreto Girls Journalism Club Reunite and Report from Rumbek on South Sudan’s Economy
RUMBEK, South Sudan – “The first time I heard there was fighting in my village, I felt sad. I wasn’t expecting this to happen,” said Christine Makuer Bol. “I’m trying my best to teach people not to do this again.…
Tagged with: Dinka ethnic group, Dinka music, Early and forced marriage, Economic situation, girl child education, inter-communal violence in Rumbek, Lady Peace, Loreto Girls Secondary School, Loreto Journalism Club, media development, radio, Rumbek, South Sudan, Storytelling, women's issues
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Posted in Print, Radio
South Sudan: ‘Panda Bor’ Our Home, Our Culture, Our Radio, Our Community
BOR, South Sudan – “When I turn on the radio, my wife immediately switches the dial to Mingkaman FM,” said Daniel Ayuen Manyok, Jonglei state school inspector. Every Sunday evening, listeners in Bor, and across the Nile River in Mingkaman,…
Tagged with: Bor, Dinka culture, education in South Sudan, Internews, Jonglei state, literacy in South Sudan, Mading Bor, Mingkaman 100 FM, Panda Bor, radio, South Sudan, The Radio Community
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Posted in Print, Radio
South Sudanese Youth Find Voice and Take Over the Radio Airwaves
Local youth learn media skills for community reconciliation. MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – “I would like to welcome my guests. It’s now time for the new Mingkaman Young Reporters program,” says 100 FM daytime host Deng Daniel Ngor. Four Mingkaman residents,…
Tagged with: community media, Dinka ethnic group, IDPs, Internews, Jonglei state, Lakes state, media development, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Photography, radio, Reconciliation, South Sudan, training, young reporters
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Posted in Print, Radio
South Sudan: Messages from Mahad – Juba IDPs use radio for family reunification
JUBA, South Sudan – Riak Akech wakes up to the sound of the muezzin call to prayer for all Muslims. She’s a Christian, but uses the call as an alarm clock in her small tukul, or hut, which she shares…
Tagged with: audio programs, Boda Boda Talk Talk, Bor, humanitarian information service, IDPs, Internally displaced people, Internews, Jonglei state, Juba, Mahad, Mahad IDP settlement, Messages from Mahad, Mingkaman 100 FM, My Mahad, radio, radio for family reunification, South Sudan
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South Sudan: Healthy Living – How a Mental Health Radio Show Can Help Displaced People
MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – “Thanks for tuning in. This is Healthy Living. I’m your host Ayada Machok Kuerich. This program focuses on mental health awareness. Stay tuned to Mingkaman 100 FM.” On December 15, 2013, President Salva Kiir’s guards attacked…
Tagged with: Ayada Machok Kuerich, Bor, displaced South Sudanese, displacement, Healthy Living, IDPs, illiteracy in South Sudan, IMC, Internews, IOM, Jonglei state, Lakes state, mental health, mental health and psychosocial support for IDPs, mental health radio program, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, radio, South Sudan
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Posted in Print, Radio
Mingkaman Together: A radio special to ease tension in the community
MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – “It’s not about my tribe, it’s not about my cows,” sings Afro-Jazz musician Mer Ayang. “I’ve got lines, I’ve got dots, I’ve got marks on my face. Darling please don’t you see I’m a South Sudanese.”…
Tagged with: #media, Awerial County, Communicating with Communities, communication, humanitarian information, IDPs, Internally displaced people, Internews, Jonglei state, Lakes state, media development, Mer Ayang, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Mingkaman Together, NGOs, radio, South Sudan, South Sudanese
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Posted in Print, 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
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Posted in Photography, Print, Radio
Dharavi slum tours and poverty tourism in India
MUMBAI, India – ‘Slum tourism’ exists in many parts of the world and draws huge numbers of visitors, seeking to get a glimpse into the lives of the urban poor. But is it a modern version of a curiosity show…
Tagged with: community, Dharavi, DW WorldLink, India, Mumbai, poverty tourism, radio, slum tours
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