Unity in diversity and togetherness is one of the key drivers in promoting development within the society. Socio-economic progress goals can be fostered when people from all walks of life living within the same social set up purpose to join their hands for common good. Sports for development...
Community radios sensitizing the public on the new physical education and sports policy. Kenya Community Media Network, in partnership with Sports For Development Africa-GIZ, is currently undertaking a project that aims at sensitizing the public about Physical Education and Sport Policy through...
THEME: “RADIO AND TRUST” World Radio Day is a universally celebrated event annually, on the 13th of February, that was adopted by UNESCO, in celebration of the immense contribution and role of radio in the community. This year’s theme “Radio and Trust” aims to not only look at how radio can...
World Radio Day is a global celebration established in the year 2012 by UNESCO, aimed at celebrating radio broadcast, improve international cooperation among radio broadcasters and encourage decision-makers to create and provide access to information through radio, including community radios. It’s...
There is a rise of individuals and organizations spearheading different community based initiatives during this Corona-times. COVID 19 is proving to be a challenge to many people as their livelihoods are threatened. The initiatives want to help the most affected within the communities to access...
The residents of Kakuma have been worried about the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected many countries but has yet to reach the camp. On 13th March 2020, Kenya announced its first case of Corona Virus, and fear rose in the camp when it was reported in The Daily Nation on March 20th that four...
To prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Government of Kenya called for the closure on March 22nd of social venues such as sporting grounds, bars and hotels, with the exception of takeaway (carry-out) services. Movement in and out of the country is restricted, and a curfew from 7 pm to 5 am was put...
75-year-old Pastor Juba Lungula from the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived in Kakuma Refugee camp in 2012, leaving his family back home. It had always been his passion to preach the Gospel. Pastor takes bicycle to preach Covid-19 awareness by using illustrations around the camp...
Students at Kakuma Refugee Secondary School are responding to the Covid-10 pandemic by manufacturing detergent soaps for sale to the community. Rebecca is adding Sodium Hydroxide to the mixture to lower the PH of the mixture: Photo/KANERE Rebecca William Deng, a South Sudanese refugee who resides...
Meet Samson, a 22-year-old Congolese designer who came to Kakuma Camp in 2015 and is now helping to fight the Coronavirus by making free face masks for both refugees and locals. “My name is Samson Alex Muhindi, and I am a fashion designer. I started in this line of work immediately...
When it comes to productions, creativity really matter, sometimes it won’t hurt to borrow a leaf. P-FIM means People First Impact Method. It was created by Gerry McCarthy and Paul O’Hagan who are the Co-Developers and Directors of the exercise. The P-FIM exercise engages the communities directly...
Since its inception, Kenya Community Media Network (KCOMNET) has been engaging community media groups, mainly community radio, in efforts to realize informed and transformed communities. These are communities that register positive social changes through collective ownership of the means and...