Last month we finally got the chance to once again conduct a weeklong workshop in Uganda. Our local partner helped us organise everything, they did a great job. We traveled there on the 10th of February 2015. Our goal with the workshop was to educate 10 journalists on how to use new media tools for
Since the beginning of 2013, we’ve followed the life of Cleopatra Kambugu, a Ugandan transgender woman who has decided to become the first transgender person acknowledge for her true gender identity. Cleo is a former activist who has sacrificed everything for her right to love. She is battling societal transphobia and is determined to give
Watch Jonny Von Wallström guest the Huffington Post Live to talk about The Pearl Of Africa web-series. It’s a 6 minute interview hosted by Josh Zepps.Listen to Jonny while he talks about the background of the project and how he met Cleopatra.
Last weekend we drove up to Umeå, a city in north of Sweden. We were going to host a seminar at MR-dagarna, Scandinavia´s largest human rights venue. It was an 8 hour drive from our office. We went on Thursday and was going to host a seminar on Friday. We were invited to talk about
Uganda, the country which Winston Churchill once considered to be the Pearl Of Africa, is today mostly known for it’s cruel dictatorship and nasty civil war. A place where human rights are violated on a day to day basis. Because human rights are not part of editorial policies and lack of specialization as well as
As of 2014 the Ugandan parliament had enacted a number of laws that in the long run aim at curtailing freedoms of expression, speech, assembly and association. Top on the rank were the regulations for interception of communications Act, the anti-pornography Act, the public order management Act, the computer misuse Act and the just enacted
We’re finally on our way back to Kampala to meet with our partners. We’re dedicating a week before christmas to finalise our project concept. During our time in Kampala we’re also shooting our documentary The Pearl Of Africa, check out the project at pearlofafrica.tv and follow us to stay updated about the project developments. THE PEARL
Since we got back to Sweden in July we’ve been developing our capacity building program further. We learned a lot from our pilot workshop in Kampala which has clarified what our focus areas will be in the future. Now we’re fully focused on formulating our concept in order to fundraise for the project in the
In June we had the pleasure to visit our partners in Kampala. Where we did a pilot workshop in new media tools and storytelling on the internet. It’s the first step towards a capacity building program that we’re developing together. Stay tuned for more information as it develops.