JOBS: Internews Europe is hiring three country project directors for its new “Child Rights Connect” programme in India, Brazil and Kenya

Internews Europe is hiring three country project directors for its new "Child Rights Connect" programme in India, Brazil and Kenya. 

Likely to run till 2018!

More info:

http://www.internews.eu/Careers/Project-Director-India/

http://www.internews.eu/Careers/Project-Director-Brazil/

http://www.internews.eu/Careers/Project-Director-Kenya/

ARTICLES: Young Storytellers Excel in Kenya

Part of InternewsNext, a series highlighting 30 youth-led media initiatives.

Like many young journalists, Rawlings Otieno, struggled to compete with seasoned journalists, who mainly report on politics. Then he began to carve out a niche for himself in health journalism.

“I realized that no one was interested in writing about health,” he says “So I took it up.”

Otieno, 26, writes for The Standard, one of the leading newspapers in Kenya. Internews’ health journalism training has helped him blossom in health storytelling.

In spite of the challenge of selling the health story in newsrooms bent on telling political stories, many journalists who have undergone Internews health journalism training and mentorship have been able to succeed in getting health issues publicized.

Saida Swaleh, a reporter with the Kenya Television Network, is only 23 years but has gained ample recognition for her work. In the inaugural 2012 Media Council of Kenya Awards, Swaleh was second runner up, in the young journalists of the year category.

full article on the Internews website

PROJECTS: New Space for Kenyan Youth to Engage in Health Issues

Part of InternewsNext, a series highlighting 30 youth-led media initiatives.

“Where's my Seat?” is the title of a video post on the new youth online platform K-HUG (Kenya Health User-Generated Content). The post, by Violet Otindo, explores the government’s push to ensure that public transport vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Another poster, Henry Owino shares facts on the growing number of women infected by HIV and another explores the demonization of individuals with diseases stereotypically associated with their social class.

The site, launched by Internews in Kenya, encourages young people to discuss health matters on a platform that is easily accessible and engaging, so they can ultimately make better-informed decisions about their health. The content contributors tweet, post via Facebook, and add photos, audio, video, and text messages to the site.

full article on the Internews website

New Space for Kenyan Youth to Engage in Health Issues | Internews

New Space for Kenyan Youth to Engage in Health Issues | Internews

“Where's my Seat?” is the title of a video post on the new youth online platform K-HUG (Kenya Health User-Generated Content). The post, by Violet Otindo, explores the government’s push to ensure that public transport vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Another poster, Henry Owino shares facts on the growing number of women infected by HIV and another explores the demonization of individuals with diseases stereotypically associated with their social class.

The site, launched by Internews in Kenya, encourages young people to discuss health matters on a platform that is easily accessible and engaging, so they can ultimately make better-informed decisions about their health. The content contributors tweet, post via Facebook, and add photos, audio, video, and text messages to the site.

NEWS / IT: How younger Kenyans are getting hooked to ICT

All indications are that the e-Generation is essential in continuing to finance the public sector.

According to the UNDP and the National Economic and Social Council, Kenya is one of the most unequal societies in the world and the youth face the dual challenges of unemployment, economic and physical insecurity.

Generation Y or Millennials were born between 1979 and 1991 while Generation Z were born between 1992 and 2008 and will join the workforce in the next five years.

Both groups are the main users of new ICT’s such as the internet and SMS and are now also known as the e-Generation or “digital natives”.

Research by the Institute of Economic Affairs shows that most Kenyan youth are unemployed, inactive and face the real threat of poverty.
Up to 800,000 young people leave school every year to take up non-existent jobs making up for a wakeup call.

The e-Generation has been brought up with the internet and displays an ability to sort information and accomplish several tasks at the same time. Research has shown that the youth have formed a great capacity to skim read and to take out only the bits and pieces they are interested in little wonder they are also called the “copy-paste” generation!

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PROJECTS: Workshops for children and youth - Lola Kenya Screen

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 -The Nairobi (Kenya)-based Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media movement for children and youth in eastern Africa is holding cutting-edge workshops in creative documentary film and critical writing in Nairobi this week until 4 December.

Presented in the framework of the pan African Cinetoile African mobile cinema network, these workshops that bring together 30 children and youth from Nairobi and its environs shall also mark five years since the founding of Lola Kenya Screen as an audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship programme and market for children and youth in eastern Africa in October 2005.

In the spotlight is the hugely popular learn-as-you-do skill-development method that has seen 142 children and youth from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe gain skills in creative and cultural entrepreneurship since August 2006. Sxty-one have been trained in filmmaking, and 24 in creative journalism training, 11 in event planning and presentation, and 20 in critical appreciation (judging) of film. Additionally 26 youth have been equipped with the skills to make television drama and documentaries for children and youth.

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NEWS / PROJECTS: Kenyan TV drama, ‘Shuga’, entertains as it raises AIDS awareness (AFRICA)

by Rod Huntress

NEW YORK, USA, 27 January 2010 – Partnerships play a vital role in UNICEF's efforts to halt and reverse the HIV/AIDS pandemic. When it comes to delivering messages about HIV prevention, the organization's work with media and entertainment partners such as MTV provides a valuable – and credible – connection to young audiences.

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Yesterday at its New York headquarters, UNICEF highlighted a recent collaboration with MTV with a screening of 'Shuga', a three-part TV drama about a group of young friends living in Nairobi, Kenya. As they explore the complexities of love, the characters confront the risk of HIV infection – and learn that a positive test result for the virus is not a death sentence.

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