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The slum series – Welcome to Arusha
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Driving from Arusha’s Impala roundabout to the suburb of Njiro, a relic of a railway cuts across the road, almost acting as a demarcation line between extreme wealth and extreme poverty in this city. On one side of the tracks is the P.P.F. housing estate, a gated community where many of Arusha’s…
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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 story: St Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes
ARUSHA, Tanzania — Every Monday morning as the sun rises, 8-year-old Kelvin Mushi wakes up and puts on his neatly-pressed powder blue dress shirt along with his navy blue sweater and pants, the iconic uniform at The School of St Jude, Arusha’s most sought-after educational institution. The Tanzanian boy slings on his backpack and walks…
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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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#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 story: A loving hand for disadvantaged Tanzanian kids
ARUSHA, Tanzania — “I thought Africa was a country,” says a 16-year-old girl as she slathers a wall with cement. “Are you serious?” another girl asks. “Did you think Tanzania was a city, or something?” Obviously the teen never gave Africa much thought before arriving in Arusha to work as a volunteer on a project…
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