Women, youth and marginalized groups
Women, children, the elderly and the disabled are some of the marginalized groups in Uganda’s society today. While much has been done since the NRM government came into power-there are provisions for women representatives in parliament, and more children have access to education-there is still a lot of ground to cover regarding their rights and livelihoods.
Trac FM service delivery in Uganda – supported by Twaweza
Trac FM is conducting weekly polls in Uganda on social issues and services delivery. This program is supported by Twaweza. Twaweza works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Hearing Somali Voices – Free Press Unlimited & Trac FM
Since 2014, Trac FM enabled 80.000 Somali citizens to send over 370.000 SMS messages to their favourite radio talk-shows. Topics related to security, employment, refugees, donor aid and local river flooding were discussed.
World Radio Day
This Thursday Feb 13th is World Radio Day. All over the world, radio stations are hosting special shows to celebrate the importance of FM radio. TRAC FM joins the celebrations by running a special Radio Day poll across Uganda. Over 6000 Ugandans participated!
Orange Sweet Potato Campaign
Nearly one in every three pre-schoolers in
Uganda lacks vitamin A, and a quarter of their mothers do as well. This can
result in impaired immunity and eye damage leading to blindness and even death. Three NGOs team up to raise awareness about the importance of consuming Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes by putting the power of radio drama in to work.
Health
Trac FM has carried out several polls on the issue of health in the various regions of Uganda. Click here to see what concerns individuals in specific districts.
Education
A series of poll questions are conducted about the Ugandan education system. Is it efficient, is it practical, are students really benefiting and what are the bottlenecks involved?
Energy
Ugandans have widely debated and shared their opinions about the Energy sector via the platform provided by TRAC FM.
Environment
TRAC FM joined hands with WWF’s Earth Hour and Text to Change to combine mobile technology and radio to address the impact of this major environmental problem.
Security
Despite its turbulent history, Uganda has been peaceful for many years. However, over time, new elements of insecurity are creeping in.
