The project aiming to empower the local community journalists on the use of new informatics media technology for the delivering and development agendas and broadcasting.The journalists will be able to update their audiences at a larger scale.Local citizens need to be helped in rising their voices with well informed and trained journalists.
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What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Minova in Eastern province of D.R.Congo
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
Minova rural locality is a remote village in the Eastern part of the D.R.Congo.It has no T.V channel but has only one Radio Station called BOBANDANO RADIO.The local journalists have no access or formation on other new ways of delivering information. The journalists are not connected to other sources or to other advanced media technology facilities such as facebook,twitter,blog,website,skipe etc.the training will help to perform the work.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
The community journalists will be trained and skilled to make their voices heard all over the world like others on community issues such as:mass media education,journalists rights,human rights,women violence,protection and sustainability on the environment,education,gender equity and values related to new media technology facilities.And trained journalists will create a regional network so that they can be open to others trough journalism forum.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Other tools
We shall A projector machine,
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
this project will be implemented in collaboration with OKAPI RADIO.it has well performed in DRCOngo and will help training our local community journalists.The training will be conducted in the local radio station building and trained journalists will in their turn train and initiate other recruited in the profession.
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
Ten(10) local community journalists will be trained.Among them five(5) male and five(5) female.gender aspect has to be considered.They will all be trained on the use of these new media facilities of communication,on exchange and dissemination of information.
the training performances will be monitored and evaluated trough the creativity in their day to day updates and variety in delivering information.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
This project will need at least 2 computers connected to internet with 2 modems and two digital voice recorder.The actual radio station has one computer used only for music and not for other website information.if journalists are trained and equipped,information will be more benefit to the local community and global at large.
Contact name
Justin LWABOSHI BUJIRIRI
Organization
JEUNES UNIS POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL DE LA FEMME ET DE L'ENFANT,JUDIFE asbl or YOUTH GATHERED FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT(in English version)