GZK Podcast

In this episode, we go to the only Muslim school in Kampala that supported over 60 expectant students in the lower and upper classes to continue their studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, most schools had declined to admit expectant students.

Because of the assistance she rendered to pregnant students, recently, Buyiiza, the headteacher received an award from the Rotary Club of Kampala Kibuli for being an exemplary teacher. In addition, she also received another award from Makerere Business School as an outstanding servant leader for supporting a girl child during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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This Podcast is a conversation with a 32-year-old Ugandan Woman, Endurance Amooti who narrates her drug addiction self recovery journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she lost almost all her family members to the virus, something that pushed her into Substance abuse to brace her state of mind.

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Listen to the inspiring story of Derrick, a Ugandan student who secured a scholarship through his kind-hearted gesture toward an elderly man during the pandemic. Join us in spreading hope and positivity amidst the challenges of COVID-19.

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Riziki Source App is a Kenyan-made mobile application that seeks to link people with disability with employment. The application was invented after the founder Fredrick Ouko faced discrimination during an interview. It is available on three platforms and has engaged about 2,000 PWDs; over 400 of whom have been successfully linked with employment.

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The narrative for the white collar jobs has been at the center stage of neglecting the so-called "dirty jobs" like fish-selling business that has been left to failures in life. However, having a different perspective will always help you get to where you have not been in life.

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A 29-year-old honey seller from Isiolo county-Kenya has decided to address unemployment among the youth by equipping those affected by the ongoing drought with business skills to start and run honey businesses. David Mugambi who has so far impacted tens of youths says he is doing so to create opportunities as well as create awareness of the need for pastoralists to diversify from pastoralism to other means of livelihood.

At Nyalenda, an informal settlement in Kisumu, Kenya, a community-based organisation introduced the concept of home gardening to cater to the food-insecure population, most of whom had also been laid off from casual labor. With limited urban spaces in town, the CBO used1/8 of an acre of its own compound within the slum, where it gave out spaces to a few residents who could afford to buy seedlings for vegetables and fruit trees, to not only personally consume but also sell to other residents at a lower price. They use organic fertilizers such as cabbage leaves and chicken droppings to cut down on production costs and thus address the dual issue of food insecurity and economic empowerment.

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Meet Your Author Series is a platform that celebrates and spotlights African authors on the continent through collaborative discussions and author interviews.

Racheal Kizza, our 2022 Small Project Grant winner hosts a variety of authors and this is episode two from last year`s session on Twitter Spaces. Please beware that the sound might not be good due to poor connectivity, and other technical issues beyond our control.

Follow the Meet Your Author Series on Twitter @AuthorMeet and read the interviews on rachealkizza.com.

Meet Your Author Series is a platform that celebrates and spotlights African authors on the continent through collaborative discussions and author interviews.

Racheal Kizza, our 2022 Small Project Grant winner hosts a variety of authors and this is episode one from last year`s session on Twitter Spaces.

Follow the Meet Your Author Series on Twitter @AuthorMeet and read the interviews on rachealkizza.com.

Listen to Ugandan Illustrator, Naseeba Bagalalliwo who needed to find creative ways to work on the film during the COVID-19 Lockdown, whilst exploring the Ugandan cultural contexts of identity as biased by the way women wear their hair. The short animated film, Scalp Deep, was featured in the Ngalabi Short film festival of 2021.

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