PELUM Kenya launches the Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Innovations Media, Award (C-CAMIA)
PELUM-Kenya has realized the important role that journalists can play in creating awareness and profiling issues related to climate change. In order to improve the capacity and skills of the Kenyan journalists, a training has been scheduled on 25th November 2011 for thirty journalists from all the media houses. This training aims to equip them with skills to progressively document, profile and share best practices from communities on how they are coping and mitigating to changing climate. The knowledge will further broaden their perspectives and enable them to report on pertinent matters aggravating Climate Change for either public or government attention.
In order to promote this practice PELUM-Kenya has established various prizes and an award to be competed for by the journalists. The winners will be determined in December 2012 and the selection will be the journalists with the most coverage on media about best adaptations and mitigation innovations. The journalist are advised to post their articles and publications on the blog so that by end of 2012 they will be reviewed. Notable is that the only qualifying articles and publications will be those aired through print and electronic media i.e. Newspapers, TV and radio stations and not those done via alternative social media such as facebook, tweeter, blogs, etc.
PELUM-Kenya is a membership network and part of the bigger PELUM-Association which covers Eastern, Central and South Africa in 10 countries. The membership currently in Kenya is 38 member organizations. PELUM-Kenya is active in promoting ecological land use and management and this makes climate change a key issue to all the activities of the network members and target beneficiaries; the small scale farmers.
Climate change was identified as a key thematic area to be addressed in the 5 year Strategic Plan (2010-2014) and the major areas of focus have been:
- To create awareness on Climate change among various groups. This is through trainings; workshops, video coverage and through electronic and print media
- To promote adoption of best adaptation practices
- Promoting a one million tree campaign
Corporate Organizations and individuals who are interested in co-sponsoring this award can visit us here.
About the author PELUM Kenya
Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Association is a network of Civil Society Organizations / NGOs working with small-scale farmers in East, central and Southern Africa.
