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Our mission is to reach the refugee and the local population not merely as an audience, but as people who have a stake in Radio Kwizera. Our task is, through our facilities and expertise, to facilitate their access to the airwaves, with a view to empowering them to articulate their concerns and mobilise for peace reconciliation and development.
Ms Sarah Mkongwa - (extreme right)- a journalist from Radio Kwizera with some members of the small Christian Community in Kasulu. Photo by Mr. Chipamba Nyang.Our mandate covers:
Information : Providing comprehensible, balanced and
accurate news at the local, regional, national and international
level.
Education : Providing formal educational programmes for
primary schools students, and on-going education programmes in topics like
health, nutrition, agriculture, environment, law, human rights.
 Children at Lukole Refugee Camp in Western Tanzania. Photo by Angelo Munduni Dema.
Development : To offer a community approach of
development, which is suposed to be understood as a process run by the
people themselves improving their living conditions and increasing the
opportunities available to them. Radio Kwizera programmes are meant to expand
their knowledge and raise awareness for alternative and feasible methods of
working and living. Entertainment :Radio Kwizera meets the entertainment needs
of the refugee and the local population. This includes music broadcasting,
which is culturally relevant to the listeners.
Culture : Radio Kwizera encourages a critical and balanced
exploration of the listeners cultures. Radio Kwizera highlights the worth of
local cultures in the face of powerful external influences and equips people to
deal with these influences rather than being overwhelmed by them.
Religion : In our religous programmes,
we adopt an open position so as to promote ecumenical and
inter-religious dialogues meant to promote respectiful relationships hence
fostering cohesion among the population.
 Ms Sarah Mkongwa Interviewing a young man in Kasulu: Photo by Mr. Chimpamba Nyang.Photo: Mr. Chimpamba Nyang.Peace & Reconciliation: The radio promotes
peace and reconciliation, which is a core issue in our programmes.
The radio has the mandate to be a tool for mutual understanding, peace
building and keeping. Under our editorial policy, we offer :
Service to the audience : The
Radio serves the refugee and the local population without discrimination and
with an open attitude promoting dialogues and understanding. The only editorial
restriction regards statements and programmes, which are offensive to other
people, groups of people, organisations and religions.
Community involvement : A central
aspect of Radio Kwizera's editorial policy consists in providing the means by
which the community may dialogue with itself, Radio Kwizera is a community radio
encouraging refugees and local people to have access to the
airwaves.
Dialogue : Radio Kwizera promotes public debate and
transparency. Radio Kwizera also encourages dialogue between the refugees and
the local population. Politics : On political issues Radio Kwizera keeps a strictly
neutral position with regard to the political affairs and stands of its
audience.
 Ms Sarah Mkongwa Interviewing Radio Kwizera
Listerners in
Kasulu.
Photo By Mr. Chimpamba Nyang.
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