Theme pack
Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for August, this time about an extremely timely and topical issue, COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic.
This month’s theme pack includes eight recent items from our Resource Packs, including one backgrounder, one set of radio spots, three Broadcaster how-to guides, and three other kinds of resources. It also includes 15 Barza Wire Farmer stories, and nine other kinds of resources from Barza Wire. Eleven resources are available in Swahili and eight in Amharic.
Backgrounders
Radio spots
Broadcaster how-to guides
- Fake news: How to identify it and what to do about it
- Working remotely as a radio broadcaster
- How broadcasters can stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic
Other resources
- Key information on COVID-19 for broadcasters
- Planning and producing effective emergency programming: COVID-19
- Answers to your frequently asked questions on COVID-19
Barza Wire stories
- Benin: Village savings and loans groups struggle due to COVID-19
- Eswatini: Farmers keep vegetable supply flowing (IPS)
- West Africa: How farmers and processors are impacted by COVID-19
- Uganda: In African villages, coronavirus sparks fears of a spike in malaria deaths (Thomson Reuters)
- Burkina Faso: Recovered from coronavirus, journalist Issaka Lingani says he was luckier than others
- Uganda: Parents adjust to new childcare duties during COVID-19
- Burkina Faso: Women are changing their daily routines because of additional burdens during COVID-19
- Cameroon: Worries about child marriages rise amid coronavirus lockdown (The New Humanitarian)
- Tanzania: COVID-19 forces female vendors to sell in new ways
- Burkina Faso: Government measures impact agrifood businesses
- DRC: Ban on bushmeat consumption affects community diets
- Malawi: COVID-19 social distancing measures disrupt markets and farmers’ income
- Burkina Faso: Community leaders encourage people to adopt precautionary measures against COVID-19
- Uganda: COVID-19 ban on livestock markets makes life difficult for chicken farmer
- Burkina Faso: Handwashing a challenge without running water (Le Monde)
Other Barza Wire resources
- Addressing trauma and violence during COVID-19-related confinement
- Talking to children about COVID-19
- Zoonotic diseases and COVID-19
- WASH and COVID-19
- Nutrition and COVID-19
- Covering COVID-19
- How Ouaga FM creates quality content despite the restrictions of COVID-19
- Bringing listeners on-air, keeping staff out of harms’ way: How Radio Salaki is responding to COVID-19
- How one journalists’ association is responding to COVID-19
Resources available in Swahili
- Taarifa za awali: Jinsi ya kuhifadhi chakula vizuri kwa muda mrefu
- Matangazo ya redio kuhusu COVID-19 – Sehemu ya kwanza
- Habari za kughushi: Jinsi ya kuzitambua na nini cha kufanya juu yake
- Kufanya kazi kwa kuzingatia umbali kama mtangazaji wa redio
- Jinsi watangazaji wanaweza kukaa salama wakati wa janga la ugonjwa wa virusi vya corona (COVID-19)
- Habari za msingi kuhusu ugonjwa wa virusi vya corona (COVID-19)
- Majibu ya maswali yako yanayoulizwa mara kwa mara kuhusu Ugonjwa wa Corona (COVID-19)
Barza Wire stories
- Malawi: Hatua za kutotangamana kwa watu kwa ajili ya kujikinga na COVID -19 zimevuruga masoko na kipato cha wakulima
- Tanzania: COVID-19 inawalazimisha wachuuzi wa kike kuuza kwa kutumia njia
- Uganda: Marufuku katika masoko ya mifugo kwasababu ya Virusi vya Corona (COVID-19) hufanya maisha kuwa magumu kwa mfugaji wa kuku
- DRC: Kupigwa marufuku ulaji wa nyama pori huathiri lishe ya jamii
Resources available in Amharic
- የሐሰት ዜና፡- እንዴት መለየት እና እርምጃ መውሰድ ይቻላል
- የራዲዮ ጋዜጠኞች ከቢሮ ውጭ እንዴት መሥራት እንደሚችሉ
- የራዲዮ ጋዜጠኞች በኮቪድ-19 ወረርሽኝ ወቅት ራሳቸውን እንዴት መጠበቅ እንደሚችሉ
- ደጋግመው ለሚጠየቁ የኮቪድ-19 ጥያቄዎች መልሶች
Barza Wire stories