Owner of Mtwara Community Radio, executive Chair person for Jean Media and Member of Advisory Board on Envaya Mrs Sango Kipozi was featured as woman of the week by Mwananchi Publication of this week December 5th 2010. Due to her great initiatives to reach great hights in Her proffesion against all odds.
The Publication talks about her interests in school which suprisingly did not include the media. Her great creativity in radio programming leading to establishment of a dramatic children program named MAMA NA MWANA which was unfortunately snatched away from her as soon as she stared. Mrs Kipozi speaks about the chalenges of being a female journalist and the ups and downs of establishing a radio station. She urges the up coming journalists to be creative rather than depend on other peoples creativity.
Th Mwananchi publication is now out country wide. Get a copy and read more about Mrs Sango Kipozi's story.
In order to strengthen the community Radio in Mtwara, JEAN media has appointed a well experienced new station Manager with quite a number of years of experience with Radio Mr. Phanuel Kunjumu. Along side the manager are young female journalists from Mtwara Region.
The activity in hand right now is involving community from both rural and urban Mtwara in Radio programs productions in a paticipatory manner. Trained community members will later be voluntary reporters for the radio about community issues. However we are faced with a tough situation of the running cost of the station. Funds are being alloctated to make things easier
The Michweni Community centre had a grand opening where the guest of honour was Honourable AMANI ABEID KARUME. In january 2010
The Pemba training was very productive. Participants from different Community Radios attended, including Radios that are already active and those that are still in preparation to go on air. Participants got the chance to meet members of the community to discuss changes that were bought by Micheweni Communty Radio. Michweni communty radio was our main host in Pemba. All meeting where conducted in the Micheweni community Centre Facility. Jean Media was extremely impressed by the participation of the government of Zanzibar in Building this Community Centre for Micheweni. The Foundation stone was laid by Honourable Shamsi. V. Nahodha, Cheif Minister of Zanzibar. This is something that is enviable to the Other Community Radios. We hope that we recieve the same support between our communities and the Government
The guest of honour at the Pemba, Micheweni Training Workshop was Ali Juma Shamhuna Deputy Chief Minister. Participants felt deeply honoured. He gave a wonderful and Cheerful speech that inspired us all!
We at Mtwara Community Radio Thank Everyone at Micheweni for Their Hospitality and warmness during our Training and we hope to Collaborate with them in the future.
Special Thanks to Khatib Mjaja for the special tour around Michwenithe Pemba Beaches and Wete.
The Air tickets to the Pemba Workshop in Micheweni for Technical Training of Community Radios was Courtesy of JEAN media.
Jean media has already received several aplicants to volunteer in our current project of Mtwara Community Radio. Graduates from journalism schools who are from Mtwara are enthusiastic about joining Mtwara FM and they have shown great Support!.
Meanwhile Mtwara is Buzzing with news about this community Radio. Everyone is anxiously waiting to see how it will all work out.
Mtwara FM plans to colaborate closely with the community of Mtwara and bring projects that will bring about real change that is greatly needed.
A Representative for Mtwara Communty Radio RADHINA KIPOZI is currently in Pemba,Micheweni attending a workshop on technical training for community Radios in TANZANIA. The workshop was organized by UNESCO, MISATAN, and UNITED NATIONS. The workshop started on the 4th and will end on 8th of october.
The first such workshop was done held in 2008 in SENGEREMA where a network called COMNETA(COMMUNITY MEDIA NETWORK TANZANIA)was then created.
Jean Media is now in the process of officially going on air in Mtwara on there on going project of the Community Radio called MTWARA FM. The programs have already been aligned . Mtwara has very High expectations for this particular community Radio which will be the first Radio Station to carry the name of the region in its Title which is Mtwara FM. The streets of Mtwara are now buzzing with the sounds of Mtwara fm on test transmittion.
JEAN media is now in a struggle to run the Mtwara Community Radio with a few volunteer officers. The main issue at the moment is to find a way to take care of running costs of the community Radio. We have already prepare program schedule we are now on to making programs for the station which will involve the staff visiting the community in their rural areas
JEAN media offices has also relocated to Mtwara for the time being with a few staff in Dar-es-salaam just for representation.