Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
$200 - $300 / Day
Gasirigwa Sengiyumva is a Tanzanian national and a Journalist by Profession. He has worked for both state owned and private print media in Tanzania. Basically, he has worked on rural reporting on various areas ranging from agriculture to water, technology and education. He has written several articles and some of them have provoked some positive changes in the country. He has worked as a Country Coordinator for the Canadian based Journalist for Human Rights (JHR). Currently, he works as a Programme/Information & Research Officer for the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Tanzania Chapter. Among the items in his job description includes conducting research on the most secretive and most open public institutions in Tanzania but also media monitoring for press freedom violations and media law and policy advocacy. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communication from Kampala International University in Uganda.
Despite having abundance sources of fresh water, Tanzania faces water scarcity for domestic use. The City of Dar es Salaam is affected most. Even the little water that the city gets from its two major sources, most of the water is wasted through leaks and illegal water vending.
IPS AFRICA gets stories from all over the continent. under the alias name of Gerge Mwita they commisioned me to do this story. normally i pitched the story idea, they loved it. so, i would write stories on commision basis from time to time
Tanzania has an abundance of natural resources, one of them in Uranium. This can be found is Southern and Central Tanzania. Its discovery could be a blessing or a curse depending on how the resource is handled. I covered the story to help government make informed decisions when planning explorations but also showing how it can help natives in terms on power and income.
The story about whether local communities will benefit from the discovery of minerals in Dodoma region, central Tanzania. The country is endowed with abundant natural resources but ordinary citizens a far from benefiting despite being mined in their own backyards.
The story was about a new source of energy that can be used in cars thus redusing global warming but at the same time save costs for ordinary users. Prices of importing petroleum are very high and keep on changing from time to time. At the same time there is potential of gas expolitation in the country, which not only help solve the emmision problems but also boost the economy of the country
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