Wanawake Climedia Initiative · Uganda

Breaking climate silence — turning young women & youth from subjects of climate change into climate storytellers.

Climedia is a women-led climate media initiative. We train community reporters, produce local-language climate journalism, and turn grassroots evidence into stories funders and decision-makers can act on.

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IMSInternational Media Support (IMS)AECAgape Earth CoalitionDLGDistrict Local GovernmentsCRNCommunity Radio NetworkW+WastePlus LimitedUMLUniversity Media Labs

What we do

Six programs, one newsroom

Every program feeds the same goal: communities on the climate frontline telling their own story — accurately, safely, and loudly enough to change decisions.

Program

Climate Journalism & Storytelling

Field reporting, radio features and mini-documentaries produced with — not just about — frontline communities.

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Media Training & Capacity Building

Practical mobile-journalism training that turns women and young people into trusted community climate reporters.

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Community Engagement Campaigns

Local-language awareness campaigns, community dialogues and public screenings that move stories into action.

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Community Radio Partnerships

Co-produced climate programming with district radio stations — the most trusted medium in rural Uganda.

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Women's Voice & Leadership

A dedicated track ensuring women lead the newsroom, the story and the microphone.

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Climate Evidence & Data Storytelling

Turning local observations into data-driven stories that funders, councils and researchers can act on.

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Impact so far

Evidence, not anecdotes

0Districts reached

0Stories produced

0Women & youth trained

0Weekly radio listeners

Featured projects

Where the work happens

Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

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Live from our channels

Follow the story as it happens

Daily dispatches, reels and radio clips across five platforms.

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Drought advisories now airing in Ngakarimojong every Thursday. Radio + local language = early warning that actually lands. #ClimateStorytellers

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20 new community reporters graduated in Kisoro today — 14 of them women. The frontline just got louder. 🎙️

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We're proud to announce our media production partnership with Agape Earth Coalition — joint field deployment this July.

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Funders: our Q2 2026 progress report is live, with full spend transparency. Link in Resources.

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Behind the scenes: the Kampala edit suite at midnight, cutting Episode 4 of Voices of the Drylands. 🌍🧡

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Wall of fame: our Green Lens fellows on graduation day. Swipe ➡️

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Market-day radio in Kotido: live from the livestock market, call-ins tripled! Tune in Thursdays 7pm.

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Village dialogue under the meeting tree — elders mapping 30 years of seasonal change.

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POV: your climate reporter training starts with a smartphone and ends with a byline 🎬 #WomenInMedia

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The sound of the dry riverbed — what drought actually sounds like. 🔊

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From the field

Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

14 June 2026 · Akello J.Read more

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

28 May 2026 · Faridah N.Read more

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

9 May 2026 · Climedia NewsroomRead more

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A single funded training cohort puts ten new climate reporters into communities that national media never reaches.

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Home / About

Climate + Media = Climedia

We exist because the people living the climate crisis are the least likely to be handed the microphone. Climedia changes who tells the story.

Our story

Born on the climate frontline

The Wanawake Climedia Initiative began when founder Faridah N. saw the same pattern repeat across Uganda: droughts in Karamoja and landslides in Kigezi reported briefly, from outside, and then forgotten — while the women managing the consequences were never quoted.

Our name says the mission. Climate plus media — with the orange slash in our logo marking the moment a community stops being the subject of the story and becomes its author.

Community-led: reporters live in the places they cover.
Women at the centre: leadership, bylines and microphones.
Local languages first: Ngakarimojong, Rufumbira, Luganda.
Evidence for advocacy: every story built to change a decision.

Mission

Amplify grassroots voices for climate action

We train, equip and publish community climate reporters — especially women and youth — so that Uganda's climate response is shaped by the people living it.

Vision

Every frontline community, its own newsroom

A Uganda where no climate decision is made about a community without credible, community-produced evidence in the room.

Our team

The people behind the microphone

Connect with the team directly — every member is active on our channels. Portrait placeholders shown; field portraits being added.

Faridah N.

Founder & Team Lead

Founder of the Wanawake Climedia Initiative. Faridah leads strategy, partnerships and editorial direction, and has led grassroots media projects across Karamoja and Kigezi.

Akello J.

Programs Coordinator

Coordinates K-SPEAK field implementation in Kotido, including reporter training schedules and radio partner relations.

Okello P.

Senior Field Producer

Audio producer and trainer behind Voices of the Drylands, with a decade in community radio.

Namara B.

Kisoro Field Lead

Leads the Kisoro reporter network and the FloodWatch early-warning concept with the district disaster office.

Ssemanda K.

Multimedia Editor

Edits video, photo essays and data stories; leads the Green Lens Fellowship production curriculum.

Achan R.

Finance & Grants Officer

Manages donor reporting, compliance and the initiative's transparent-spending commitments.

Where we work

Kampala · Kotido · Kisoro

Headquartered in Kampala, with reporter networks in Kotido (drought frontline, Karamoja) and Kisoro (landslide frontline, Kigezi) — and programming reaching four districts.

Kampala

Newsroom, editing suite and training base for national cohorts.

Kotido

K-SPEAK reporter network covering drought, pasture and livestock markets.

Kisoro

Highland network covering landslides, land pressure and the FloodWatch pilot.

Home / Programs

Six programs, one newsroom

Each program is a different route to the same outcome: credible, community-produced climate journalism that changes decisions.

Program 01

Climate Journalism & Storytelling

Field reporting, radio features and mini-documentaries produced with — not just about — frontline communities.

Community radio features in Ngakarimojong, Rufumbira and Luganda
Photo essays and mini-documentaries from Karamoja and Kigezi
Evidence packages that feed district and national advocacy

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Program 02

Media Training & Capacity Building

Practical mobile-journalism training that turns women and young people into trusted community climate reporters.

Mobile journalism, audio production and story structure
Safety, ethics and verification for community reporters
Mentorship pairing trainees with working journalists

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Program 03

Community Engagement Campaigns

Local-language awareness campaigns, community dialogues and public screenings that move stories into action.

Village-level dialogues and film screening events
Market-day radio activations and drama skits
Behaviour-change messaging co-created with local leaders

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Program 04

Community Radio Partnerships

Co-produced climate programming with district radio stations — the most trusted medium in rural Uganda.

Weekly climate slots on partner stations in Kotido and Kisoro
Call-in formats that surface community priorities
Presenter training on climate accuracy

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Program 05

Women's Voice & Leadership

A dedicated track ensuring women lead the newsroom, the story and the microphone.

Women-only reporting fellowships
Childcare-compatible training schedules
Editorial leadership pathways for alumnae

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Program 06

Climate Evidence & Data Storytelling

Turning local observations into data-driven stories that funders, councils and researchers can act on.

Community-sourced climate impact logs
Visual data stories for district planning
Open evidence briefs for partners

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Home / Projects

Where the work happens

Six live and pipeline projects across Karamoja, Kigezi and Kampala — each with a consistent, funder-ready results framework.

Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Partner: IMS DDIRead more

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Partner: Agape Earth CoalitionRead more

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Partner: Community radio partnersRead more

Cohort 2 recruiting

Green Lens Fellowship

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods.

Partner: Climedia core programRead more

Pilot

Climate Stories in Schools

Story clubs in eight secondary schools where students produce audio diaries on how climate change is reshaping their futures.

Partner: District education officesRead more

Concept — seeking funder

FloodWatch Kisoro

An early-warning storytelling pilot combining community reporters, local radio and simple rainfall data to reduce landslide risk in Kigezi.

Partner: OpenRead more

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Home / Projects / K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Overview

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Supported by International Media Support (IMS) under the DDI facility
40 community reporters trained across Kotido and Kisoro
Weekly radio programming reaching an estimated 180,000 listeners
Field implementation tools co-designed with local government

Results & status

Current status: Active. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

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Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Cohort 2 recruiting

Green Lens Fellowship

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods.

Home / Projects / Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Overview

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Joint production agreement signed 2026
Documentary and photo-essay outputs for both organisations
Shared training of coalition community mobilisers
Deployment across two restoration sites

Results & status

Current status: Deploying July 2026. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

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Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Cohort 2 recruiting

Green Lens Fellowship

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods.

Home / Projects / Voices of the Drylands

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Overview

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Six families, twelve months, one climate story
Broadcast on three partner stations
Podcast edition for national and diaspora audiences
Season one evidence brief in production

Results & status

Current status: Active. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

More projects

Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Cohort 2 recruiting

Green Lens Fellowship

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods.

Home / Projects / Green Lens Fellowship

Green Lens Fellowship

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods.

Overview

A six-month reporting fellowship for young women journalists covering climate, land and livelihoods. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Ten fellows per cohort with equipment stipends
Published portfolio required for graduation
Mentors drawn from national newsrooms
Alumnae placed with partner media houses

Results & status

Current status: Cohort 2 recruiting. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

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Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Home / Projects / Climate Stories in Schools

Climate Stories in Schools

Story clubs in eight secondary schools where students produce audio diaries on how climate change is reshaping their futures.

Overview

Story clubs in eight secondary schools where students produce audio diaries on how climate change is reshaping their futures. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Eight schools across two districts
Teacher-facilitator training included
Best diaries broadcast on partner radio
Pathway into the Green Lens Fellowship

Results & status

Current status: Pilot. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

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Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Home / Projects / FloodWatch Kisoro

FloodWatch Kisoro

An early-warning storytelling pilot combining community reporters, local radio and simple rainfall data to reduce landslide risk in Kigezi.

Overview

An early-warning storytelling pilot combining community reporters, local radio and simple rainfall data to reduce landslide risk in Kigezi. The project follows Climedia's standard delivery model: community consent and co-design first, training and equipment second, and sustained publishing with local radio partners as the backbone.

Objectives & activities

Community reporters double as early-warning monitors
Radio alert protocol with district disaster office
Low-cost rain gauges at ward level
Seeking a founding funder — full concept note available

Results & status

Current status: Concept — seeking funder. Progress against the results framework is reported in our quarterly reports, alongside financials. For the full logframe or a partner briefing, contact the programs team.

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Active

K-SPEAK — Kotido & Kisoro

Training women and youth reporters across two frontline districts to document drought, landslides and adaptation in their own languages.

Deploying July 2026

Agape Earth Coalition Partnership

A media production partnership documenting community-led restoration work, with a joint field deployment in July 2026.

Active

Voices of the Drylands

A serialised radio and podcast project following six pastoralist families through a full climate year in Karamoja.

Home / Stories & Impact

Stories with impact

Field stories, features and news from Uganda's climate frontline — and the numbers behind them, counted live.

Impact in figures

What the reporting has changed

0Community reporters trained

0Stories published

0Weekly radio listeners

0Local decisions influenced

0Broadcast languages

0Of bylines by women

0Districts covered

0Partner schools & clubs

Figures verified in our quarterly reports. “Decisions influenced” counts documented cases where community reporting changed a district, school or station decision.

The newsroom

Stories from the frontline

Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

14 June 2026 · Akello J.Read more

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

28 May 2026 · Faridah N.Read more

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

9 May 2026 · Climedia NewsroomRead more

Feature

Why the microphone matters: women and climate authority

When women report the climate story, the response changes. Evidence from our first year of programming.

21 April 2026 · Faridah N.Read more

Field Story

Market-day radio: meeting listeners where they trade

How a livestock-market activation in Kotido tripled call-ins to our weekly climate slot.

2 April 2026 · Okello P.Read more

Feature

Meet the team telling Uganda's climate story

From conservation science to community radio — the people behind Climedia.

15 March 2026 · Climedia NewsroomRead more

Home / Stories / Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

14 June 2026 · By Akello J.

Nakiru remembers the flood of 2023 by what it took: two goats, the season's sorghum, and the footbridge her children used for school. Nobody in her village heard a warning. This June, when the rains turned again, the warning came first — in Ngakarimojong, on the radio station she trusts, read by a young woman she watched grow up.

That reporter, trained through Climedia's K-SPEAK project, now files weekly advisories built from district meteorological data and her own community's observations. The distance between information and the people who need it — the distance that cost Nakiru her goats — is closing.

It is a small story with a large moral: early warning only works in the listener's language, in the listener's medium, from a voice the listener already trusts. That is the entire Climedia thesis, in one village.

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Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

Feature

Why the microphone matters: women and climate authority

When women report the climate story, the response changes. Evidence from our first year of programming.

Home / Stories / Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

28 May 2026 · By Faridah N.

The graduation venue chose itself: a hillside in Kisoro where last year's landslide scar is still raw earth. Twenty new community reporters — fourteen of them women — received recording kits within sight of the reason their work matters.

The cohort spent twelve weeks on mobile journalism, verification and safety, then four weeks producing supervised stories with our radio partners. Their graduation pieces covered land pressure, terracing innovations and one remarkable investigation into a diverted drainage channel.

Cohort three begins recruitment in August. District officials who attended asked a question we love hearing: can this expand to the neighbouring sub-counties?

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Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

Feature

Why the microphone matters: women and climate authority

When women report the climate story, the response changes. Evidence from our first year of programming.

Home / Stories / News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

9 May 2026 · By Climedia Newsroom

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition have signed a media production partnership covering a joint field deployment in July 2026. The collaboration pairs Agape's community restoration network with Climedia's newsroom and training model.

Outputs will include a short documentary, photo essays for both organisations' advocacy work, and shared training for coalition community mobilisers in basic story gathering.

The partnership reflects a growing pattern in our work: implementation organisations bringing Climedia in not as a vendor, but as the storytelling arm of the program itself.

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Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

Feature

Why the microphone matters: women and climate authority

When women report the climate story, the response changes. Evidence from our first year of programming.

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Why the microphone matters: women and climate authority

21 April 2026 · By Faridah N.

Across our first full year of programming, one pattern kept repeating: when a woman reported the climate story, the community response changed. Call-ins to our radio slots doubled when women presented. Village dialogue attendance rose. And the stories themselves changed — water, food, children's schooling — the true household ledger of climate impact.

This is not a slogan; it is a programming decision. It is why the Green Lens Fellowship is women-only, why training schedules accommodate childcare, and why our editorial leadership pathway exists.

The microphone is authority. Who holds it decides what counts as a climate story at all.

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Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

Home / Stories / Field Story

Market-day radio: meeting listeners where they trade

2 April 2026 · By Okello P.

Kotido's livestock market is the district's real parliament — prices, pasture and rain are debated there long before any meeting hall. So we took the radio to the market.

The activation was simple: a live outside broadcast during peak trading, reporters gathering voice notes between the cattle pens, and a call-in line promoted on printed price boards. Call-ins to the weekly climate slot tripled in the following month.

The lesson now shapes all our campaign work: distribution is a design decision. Meet listeners where they already trade, pray and queue.

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Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

Home / Stories / Feature

Meet the team telling Uganda's climate story

15 March 2026 · By Climedia Newsroom

Climedia's team is small by design and grassroots by conviction. Founder Faridah N. built the initiative on a simple refusal: that Uganda's climate story should keep being told from outside.

The core team spans community radio, multimedia production, conservation science and grants management — profiles are on our About page. Around them sits the real newsroom: seventy-six trained community reporters across Kotido and Kisoro.

We are recruiting mentors and guest trainers for the next fellowship cohort. If that could be you, get in touch.

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Field Story

“The radio told us before the river did”

Nakiru's village in Kotido now gets drought advisories in Ngakarimojong — read by a reporter she trained beside.

Field Story

Dispatch: K-SPEAK's first graduation in Kisoro

Twenty new community reporters received their kits on a hillside where last year's landslide is still visible.

News

Climedia and Agape Earth Coalition sign production partnership

A joint July deployment will document community restoration work across two sites.

Home / Partners

Partners & supporters

Climedia works as the storytelling arm of climate and development programs across Uganda. Click any partner to see the full story of the partnership.

IMS International Media Support

Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

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AEC Agape Earth Coalition

Production partner

Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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DLG District Local Governments

Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

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CRN Community Radio Network

Broadcast partners

Community Radio Network

Three district stations carry Climedia's weekly climate programming in local languages.

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W+ WastePlus Limited

Circular-economy ally

WastePlus Limited

Collaboration on environmental storytelling around plastic waste and community aggregation in Kampala.

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UML University Media Labs

Training partner

University Media Labs

Guest trainers and curriculum review for the Green Lens Fellowship.

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Why partner with Climedia

What funders get

Grassroots access: trusted reporter networks in districts national media rarely reaches.
Women-led delivery: gender outcomes built into the model, not bolted on.
Proven implementation: on-time delivery under the IMS DDI facility, with clean quarterly reporting.
Usable media assets: documentaries, radio and photography your own communications can deploy.
Evidence you can cite: community-sourced data briefs for proposals and advocacy.
Value for money: lean Kampala HQ, field-heavy budgets, transparent spend breakdowns.

Become a partner

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International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

The partnership

International Media Support works in more than 30 countries to strengthen independent journalism where it is under pressure. Through its Documenting and Debating Impunity (DDI) facility, IMS became Climedia's founding institutional funder.

The IMS partnership funds the full K-SPEAK delivery cycle: recruitment and training of women and youth reporters in Kotido and Kisoro, equipment kits, safety protocols, and weekly local-language radio programming with our district station partners.

Beyond funding, IMS provides editorial safety training and connects Climedia's community reporters to a global network of grassroots media practitioners.

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Production partner

Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

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Broadcast partners

Community Radio Network

Three district stations carry Climedia's weekly climate programming in local languages.

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Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

The partnership

Agape Earth Coalition mobilises communities for landscape restoration and climate resilience. In 2026 the coalition and Climedia signed a media production partnership pairing Agape's restoration network with our newsroom.

The first joint deployment, in July 2026, covers two restoration sites — producing a short documentary, photo essays for both organisations' advocacy, and basic story-gathering training for coalition community mobilisers.

The partnership model treats Climedia not as a vendor but as the storytelling arm of the restoration program itself — a template we now offer to other implementing organisations.

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More partners

Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

Visit partner page

Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

Visit partner page

Broadcast partners

Community Radio Network

Three district stations carry Climedia's weekly climate programming in local languages.

Visit partner page

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District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

The partnership

No Climedia program enters a district without local government at the table. Kotido and Kisoro district offices are formal implementation partners in K-SPEAK and the FloodWatch concept.

District environment and disaster-management officers co-designed our field implementation tools, validate the technical accuracy of advisories broadcast on partner radio, and host quarterly community dialogue events.

This partnership is why community reporting translates into decisions: the officials who can act on the evidence are in the room when it is presented.

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More partners

Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

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Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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Broadcast partners

Community Radio Network

Three district stations carry Climedia's weekly climate programming in local languages.

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Community Radio Network

Three district stations carry Climedia's weekly climate programming in local languages.

The partnership

Radio remains the most trusted medium in rural Uganda, and Climedia's broadcast backbone is a network of three district stations across Kotido and Kisoro.

The stations carry our weekly climate slots in Ngakarimojong and Rufumbira, host live call-in formats, and co-produce market-day outside broadcasts that have tripled listener engagement.

In return, Climedia trains station presenters on climate accuracy and supplies a steady stream of professionally produced local content — a genuine two-way partnership.

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Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

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Production partner

Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

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WastePlus Limited

Collaboration on environmental storytelling around plastic waste and community aggregation in Kampala.

The partnership

WastePlus Limited converts post-consumer plastic waste into certified construction materials through a community aggregator model based in Makindye Ssabagabo, Kampala.

Climedia and WastePlus collaborate on environmental storytelling: documenting the community aggregator network, producing content on plastic pollution and the circular economy, and cross-promoting climate action across audiences.

The alliance connects Climedia's storytelling to tangible green-economy livelihoods — showing audiences not just the problem, but a working answer.

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Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

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Production partner

Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

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University Media Labs

Guest trainers and curriculum review for the Green Lens Fellowship.

The partnership

Climedia's training curriculum is kept sharp through a partnership with university media and journalism departments in Kampala.

Faculty serve as guest trainers and external reviewers for the Green Lens Fellowship curriculum, while top journalism students join field deployments as production assistants — a two-way pipeline of skills.

The labs also host our annual curriculum review, ensuring community reporters train on the same verification standards as newsroom professionals.

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More partners

Funder — DDI facility

International Media Support (IMS)

Supports the K-SPEAK project, funding reporter training and radio programming across Kotido and Kisoro.

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Production partner

Agape Earth Coalition

Joint media production partnership documenting community-led restoration, deploying July 2026.

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Implementation partners

District Local Governments

Kotido and Kisoro district offices co-design field tools and host community dialogue events.

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Fund the next story

Give right here, right now — Visa, Mastercard, PayPal or Mobile Money. One funded story can move a district decision.

What your gift buys

Every dollar has a field address

Every tier maps to a real line in our field budget — no vague overheads.

Field day $25

Covers one reporter's transport, airtime and data for a full field reporting day.

Reporter kit $95

A smartphone, lapel mic and solar charger — one new community reporter fully equipped.

Radio month $320

One month of weekly local-language climate programming on a partner station.

Training cohort seat $950

One woman's full seat in the Green Lens Fellowship, including mentorship.

Village dialogue series $2,400

A three-event community dialogue and screening series in one sub-county.

Found a newsroom $9,300

Launches a complete reporter network in a new frontline district for six months.

Transparency

Where funds go

70% — field programs: training, equipment, radio airtime, reporter stipends
18% — production: editing, publishing, translation
12% — operations: finance, compliance, HQ

Read the latest quarterly report

Other ways to give

Beyond the card

Bank transfer: UGX and USD accounts for organisations and grants — request details.
In-kind: working smartphones, recorders, solar chargers and laptops equip reporters directly.
Monthly giving: becoming a sustaining donor funds reporters year-round.

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Documents & downloads

Everything a funder, journalist or partner needs — profiles, project briefs, curricula and reports.

PDFClimedia Organisational Profile 2026Who we are, where we work, and our delivery track record — the two-page version for funders. · Download coming online with the live site.PDFK-SPEAK Project BriefObjectives, activities, locations and results framework for the IMS DDI-supported project. · Download coming online with the live site.PDFFloodWatch Kisoro Concept NoteFull concept for the early-warning storytelling pilot — currently seeking a founding funder. · Download coming online with the live site.PDFCommunity Reporter Training CurriculumThe mobile-journalism curriculum used across our fellowship and K-SPEAK cohorts. · Download coming online with the live site.PDFQ2 2026 Progress ReportQuarterly reporting on programs, reach and finances. · Download coming online with the live site.PDFMedia Production Rate CardCommission Climedia's newsroom for documentary, radio and photography production. · Download coming online with the live site.

Need something not listed — a logframe, budget template or reference letter? Request it here

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The wall of fame

Thirty-two moments from the field, the classroom and the studio. Filter by category. Illustrated placeholders shown — field photography drops in as albums are cleared.

Field Work — Reporter interviews in Kotido's livestock market

Training — Green Lens fellows in audio production class

Field Work — Recording drought impacts with pastoralist elders

Events — Community film screening, Kisoro

Training — Mobile journalism bootcamp, Kampala

Behind the Scenes — Editing night at the Climedia newsroom

Field Work — Rain-gauge installation for FloodWatch

Events — K-SPEAK cohort graduation, Kisoro

Behind the Scenes — Radio partner production meeting

Field Work — Terracing story shoot in the Kigezi hills

Community — Village dialogue under the meeting tree, Kotido

Training — Verification & safety workshop

Field Work — Documenting the dry riverbed, Karamoja

Events — World Environment Day activation

Community — Women's listening group, Kisoro

Behind the Scenes — Sound check before the weekly climate slot

Field Work — Following the herd: Voices of the Drylands S1

Training — Smartphone cinematography drills

Events — Story screening at a partner school

Community — Market-day call-in booth

Field Work — Landslide scar survey with district officers

Behind the Scenes — Logging tape from the field

Training — Fellowship mentors' roundtable

Events — Graduates receiving reporter kits

Community — Elders mapping seasonal change

Field Work — Water point queue at dawn, Kotido

Behind the Scenes — Translation session: Ngakarimojong scripts

Training — Radio presenter climate-accuracy clinic

Events — Agape partnership signing ceremony

Community — Youth story club, Kisoro

Field Work — Beekeeping adaptation story shoot

Behind the Scenes — The Kampala edit suite at midnight

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers for funders, partners and supporters. If yours isn't here, we're one message away.

Who funds Climedia?

Our current anchor support comes from International Media Support (IMS) under the DDI facility, alongside production partnerships such as Agape Earth Coalition and earned income from commissioned media production. A full funder list appears in each quarterly report on our Resources page.

Where do you work?

We are headquartered in Kampala with active field networks in Kotido (Karamoja) and Kisoro (Kigezi) — two of Uganda's most climate-exposed districts, facing drought and landslide risk respectively.

How can my organisation partner with Climedia?

Three common routes: fund a program or project, co-produce media with our newsroom, or host our training curriculum in your project areas. Start with the form on our Contact page and we'll respond within two working days.

Are donations tax-deductible?

Wanawake Climedia Initiative is a registered Ugandan community-based organisation. Deductibility depends on your jurisdiction — international donors should contact us so we can route support through an appropriate fiscal arrangement.

How do you select the communities you work in?

We prioritise districts with high climate exposure, low media coverage, and an invitation from local leadership. Community consent and co-design come before any programming begins.

Do you accept equipment donations?

Yes — smartphones, audio recorders, solar chargers and laptops in good working order directly equip community reporters. Contact us before shipping so we can confirm specifications and customs handling.

Can I commission Climedia to produce media for my project?

Yes. Our newsroom produces documentaries, radio features and photo essays for NGOs and agencies working in Uganda. Commissioned work funds our community programs — see the rate card under Resources.

How do you measure impact?

We track trained reporters, broadcast reach, stories published, and — most importantly — documented cases where community reporting changed a local decision. Methods are described in each quarterly report.

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Partnership, funding, media commissions or press — the team replies within two working days.

Email: info@climedia.org
Phone / WhatsApp: +256 700 000 000
Head office: Kampala, Uganda
Field offices: Kotido (Karamoja) · Kisoro (Kigezi)
Office hours: Mon–Fri, 9:00–17:00 EAT