Fredrick Mugira
@Mugira
Bertha Fellow National Geographic Explorer Pulitzer Center Grantee Water CC & Wildlife Reporter. Founder WJA. Cofounder https://t.co/F0BUJKvrIV
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Absolutely! Thank you for highlighting this. Collaborative journalism opens doors to diverse perspectives and enriches storytelling. Let's continue championing these principles for a more informed and empowered society. #WorldPressFreedomDay #DiaMundialDeLaLibertadDePrensa '
.Gael García Bernal :
1 'I talk about it,put my hands & body into it...something starts to flourish'
2 Community builds up & can ask for change in bigger picture
3 Hear,accept & incorporate other rationale.Find the way yourself
#WorldPressFreedomDay
#DiaMundialDeLaLibertadDePrensa
.Maria Ressa :
'As journalists we are on the front lines
and when we fail to hold the line
the people we serve
lose their rights
their freedoms
their lives
So we are jailed, killed, silenced...
Keep doing, keep going...
#WorldPressFreedomDay
#DiaMundialDeLaLibertadDePrensa
'We have to protect ALL journalists who are threatened'
Deputy Foreign Minister Minna-Liina Lind, representing MFC co-chair #Estonia , speaks at UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's #WorldPressFreedomDay conference alongside Maria Ressa, Gael García Bernal, Fredrick Mugira
Our founder Fredrick Mugira speaking on World Press Freedom Day Conference hosted in Chile linkedin.com/video/live/urn… UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳
Thank you so much for the warm welcome to Chile! I'm thrilled to collaborate on the Art Installation project to raise awareness about nano and microplastics. Looking forward to making a meaningful impact together! 🇨🇱🌱 #welcometochile
Absolutely honored to be recognized! Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to such an important dialogue on global environmental crises. Looking forward to the #WorldPressFreedomDay Conference and collaborating with key actors. 🌍📰 #PressFreedom
Tomorrow is our 12th #SciWednesdays & we have guests from National Geographic to share with us the status of African water towers and insights into their latest conservation project.
So how pressing are issues of Africa's water towers?
Join us, register here↪️🔗bit.ly/4aFItoX
The Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone🇸🇱, home to 117 chimpanzees, stands as a beacon of conservation efforts.
However, the sanctuary faces threats from encroachment and illegal activities...continue reading↪️🔗bit.ly/3vDO93z
#SierraLeone #ApesStories
Join us for the Fireside Chat beginning shortly! Let's delve into how community-driven solutions and localized perspectives enrich the dialogue on climate: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…🔥🌍 #ClimateConversation #CommunityEngagement Wits Centre for Journalism Wits University Alis Okonji InfoNile
How we are casually waiting for the Easter Weekend 🦍
#repost @savinggorillas
#ApesStories #ConservationStories #ApesReportingProject #APESNOTLEAVING
For our friends at Apes Reporting Project, I detailed the threats to apes in Nigeria amidst rituals, insecurity, and illegal mining.
Please, do check them out for more stories about apes in Africa.
Fredrick Mugira
apesreportingproject.org/2024/03/25/ins…
Rituals are indirectly and directly threatening ape populations in Nigeria by contributing to habitat destruction, hunting and illegal trade among others. Details: apesreportingproject.org/2024/03/25/ins… UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Arcus Foundation: Great Apes & Gibbons Program Apes Reporting Project U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inno Ateenyi Agonza Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute
🌊 #WorldWaterDay2024 celebrates the power of water as a tool for peace and cooperation among communities and countries. It highlights the importance of balancing everyone’s needs and ensuring equitable access to this precious resource 🚰
📸 Bara Loop Initiative
#WaterisLife
On International Forests Day, Water journalists Africa and its initiatives, including InfoNile , @NileWell, and Apes Reporting Project , have planted over 500 bamboo trees along R. Rwiizi. Glad to be part . Youth for Peace and Development Uganda - YOPEDU MBARARA CORPORATE CLUB #Internationaldayofforests
#WaterWeek water journalists
Earlier today, we partnered with water journalists, #SaveRiverRwiziCampaign24, ANKOLE DIOCESE, MBARARA CORPORATE CLUB and planted some bamboo trees along River rwizi banks in commemoration of #InternationalDayofForests under the theme: “Forests and innovation; new solutions for better world”
On this day every year we commemorate International Forests Day. My fellow Ugandans & all people across the globe come on board and support this noble cause and we save our mother Earth. InfoNile @NileWell Youth for Peace and Development Uganda - YOPEDU water journalists #SaveRiverRwiziCampaign24 #WaterWeek #Internationadayofforests
Youth for Peace and Development Uganda - YOPEDU joined water journalists, InfoNile, Apes Reporting Project, MBARARA CORPORATE CLUB & other environmental activists to observe the #InternationalDayofForests by participating in the bamboo tree planting campaign along the banks of River Rwizi in Mbarara City.
#WaterWeek
Today we planted 500 bamboo trees along River Rwizi in Mbarara City🇺🇬 The river is among the most heavily polluted in the country. Our founder Fredrick Mugira emphasizes journalists' role in actively participating in actions that support the causes they advocate for in their reporting.
Today, in Mbarara City, Uganda🇺🇬, we are celebrating World Forest Day by planting bamboo trees. 🎋 This act underscores our commitment as environmental journalists to practice what we advocate for. 'New Solutions for a Better World'
#WorldForestDay #DayoftheForests