Training workshops in Reporting on Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection have been held in Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana and Malawi. The workshops were organised by FrayIntermedia, and sponsored by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), with funding from UKAid.
FrayIntermedia and RHVP offered a prize for the best article or broadcast report produced and published within one month of each workshop. So far, prizes have been awarded for Zambia and Tanzania.
The prize winner for Zambia is Nebert Mulenga, for his article, “Social Cash Transfer: Passage out of Poverty?”, published in The Times of Zambia.
A PDF of the text of his article can be downloaded here: Mulenga social cash transfers. It’s also available online here, but the Times of Zambia website can be slow to load.
The prize winner for Tanzania is Simon Mkhina, for his article, “Agricultural revolution, a politicized campaign in Tanzania”, published on www.tanzaniasnews.net.
Unfortunately only one prize could be awarded, but special mention must also go to Chelu Matuzya, for an article in the Business Times: “The absent-present saviour for Tanzania’s economy”. You can download a scanned copy of Chelu’s article here:
Mnaku Mbani of the Business Times also entered a story — but here we would like to highlight a recent story of his, not submitted as it was published too late for entry. It is about the banking sector in Tanzania, and illustrates how a business and technology-related story can also cover and reflect issues related to poverty. You can read it online here.
On that same note, it is also worth reading another article by Chelu Matuzya, on Tanzania’s Kilimu Kwanza – agriculture first – policy. You can find it here.
Another person who submitted an entry is Lutengano Haonga. His report is on Africa News, titled Tanzania Should Revisit Agricultural Subsidy.
Congratulations to the winners and to everyone for their great stories. Watch this space over the next two weeks for more news of the winners from Malawi and Botswana, and links to some of the articles and reports submitted.
Wahenga Reporter 