{"id":873,"date":"2014-01-20T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T10:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=873"},"modified":"2018-03-28T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:11:24","slug":"population-media-center-pmc-opportunity-with-innovative-burundi-health-radio-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/population-media-center-pmc-opportunity-with-innovative-burundi-health-radio-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Population Media Center (PMC): opportunity with innovative Burundi Health Radio Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

This opportunity coincides with the launch of a new radio soap opera produced by Population Media Center on women and children\u2019s health and nutrition in Burundi.<\/strong>-By\u00a0Diane Uwimana<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jean Bosco Ndayishimiye: \u201cMy dream is that this innovative program in Burundi will generate significant positive results, causing behavior change in Burundi society\u201d.\u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

The radio drama so-called \u201cAgashi\u201d (Hey, Look Again!) addresses issues such as child nutrition and family planning through intriguing storylines and plot twists. Over the course of the episodes, characters demonstrate choices and consequences, learning from their actions and teaching listeners as well. \u201cAgashi\u201d will last approximately two years, airing two episodes per week on different local radios such as Isanganiro, Bonesha FM, National Radio and African Public Radio (RPA). \u201cThis program will obviously be an exciting one,\u201d says Kriss Barker, the Population Media Center Managing Officer of International Programs through a Press Release occurred this Monday morning: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that our work will get more young people involved in addressing these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese positions at PMC will offer fellows an opportunity to contribute meaningfully in the improvement of life conditions in Burundi and increase their skills and knowledge by working with dedicated managers and mentors at PMC. My dream is that this innovative program in Burundi will generate significant positive results, causing behavior change in Burundi society\u201d, says Jean Bosco Ndayishimiye, Country Representative. \u201cWe are so excited to be partners with Population Media Center on this project,\u201d says Jean Marie Karikurubu, the Burundi Program Manager at Global Health Corps: \u201cTheir mission and their communication strategies have proved to be very effective and we\u2019re eager to urge our fellows to get involved in this project in Burundi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeking passionate young professionals\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time, US-based Population Media Center has teamed up with Global Health Corps to pay agents working in USA and in Burundi. The organizations are seeking passionate young professionals who are committed to global health and social justice to start working from July 2014. In the press release, Kriss Barker says that they have never done that before: \u201cIt\u2019s really exciting and different. We are looking for two great fellows, fluent in French since our Burundi office is entirely French-speaking.\u201d The Global Health Corps fellows will be an integral part of the Burundi office, helping through two large projects: program promotion and program research.
\nProgram promotion will include items such as advertisements and events to generate awareness and encourage active engagement in the community. Program research will include items such as leading focus groups, analyzing listener responses and helping writers with key information to influence storyline and plot development. Global Health Corps will provide a variety of additional training sessions and professional development opportunities as well as a completion award and life-long access to a network of globally-minded change-makers. Global Health Corps mission is to mobilize a global community of emerging leaders to work for health equity. This commitment to health as a human right aligns perfectly with Population Media Center\u2019s effort to address the population stabilization through four pillars: improving human health, human rights, economic equality and environmental protection.<\/p>\n

All applicants must be 30 years old or less, proficient in English with an undergraduate university diploma by July 2014. For more information, visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This opportunity coincides with the launch of a new radio soap opera produced by Population Media Center on women and children\u2019s health and nutrition in Burundi.-By\u00a0Diane Uwimana The radio drama so-called \u201cAgashi\u201d (Hey, Look Again!) addresses issues such as child nutrition and family planning through intriguing storylines and plot twists. Over the course of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[336,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8285,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions\/8285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}