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Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a great honour for us and a positive recognition of our station’s commitment to break the silence on HIV/AIDS,” Radio Waumini director Fr Martin Wanyoike told CISA Catholic Information Service Africa. Two journalists working for Kenya’s only Catholic radio station have won international awards recognizing their work in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Esther Kabugi and Anthony Wafula of Waumini FM won the UNESCO Red Ribbon Award for Radio Excellence during celebrations to mark World Aids Day on Dec.1. The two presenters took the first and second prizes respectively, beating other contestants from Eastern and Southern Africa. The top prize is 1500 USD, plus a certificate of achievement. The second and third places receive 750 USD and 500 USD respectively and a certificate. Ms Kabugi’s winning entry highlighted the plight of AIDS orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV, while Mr Wafula’s examined HIV/Aids at the workplace.
The activity of the two journalists is part of a two-year campaign on HIV/AIDS, which Radio Waumini has been running partly funded by the Catholic charity, CAFOD. (Caritas England and Wales)
The UNESCO Red Ribbon Media Award was created in 2002 to recognize best practices in media work on the pandemic. The award aims to encourage the development of high-level journalists and other media professionals to produce information and communication materials in the print and electronic media for general consumption and advocacy.
Radio Waumini FM, a project of the Kenya Episcopal Conference, went on air in 2004 and can be received within 150 kilometers of its studio in Nairobi.. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 19/12/2006 righe 27 parole 301)
