Radio mentors on Voice
of Kamwenge used the mentorship skills acquired through the mentorship training
by ToroDev in April 2011 and November 2012 to lobby for accountability programs
on their radio station for improved service delivery monitoring in the district.
“We used the skills that
we acquired from ToroDev to lobby for accountability programs from our manager.
Such programs include Insinjiro
Program that runs every Saturday from 9:00 -11:00am. Different people such as
politicians and civil servants are hosted to give accountability concerning the
services that they deliver in the different sectors.” Said Ngabirano Gerevaziyo, a
mentor at Voice of Kamwenge.
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| L-R: ToroDev Staff with Ngabirano |
The mentors also used
the advocacy skills from ToroDev mentorship training to lobby for a program
that sensitizes the youths and women about the NAADS program so as to improve
agricultural production. Like other rural parts of Uganda, Kamwenge district is
pre-dominantly an agricultural economy, with over 80 percent of its population
either directly or indirectly employed by the sector.
“We lobbied a program
known as the Farmers Program that runs every Monday from 8:00 -10:00pm. During
the program, NAADS personnel such as the District NAADS coordinator, Sub County
coordinators and extensional workers are invited to come and give
accountability and also sensitize the people about the program.” Said Gabriel
Gerevaziyo, a mentor at Voice of Kamwenge Radio.
To improve broadcasting
for accountability, ToroDev has been conducting a mentorship program on the 12
FM radio stations in the Rwenzori Region. In each FM radio station, three
people were identified and trained in mentorship for sustainable accountability
broadcasting.
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