Chinese-built projects help improve living standards of locals in Uganda

STORY: Chinese-built projects help improve living standards of locals in Uganda DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: HOIMA, Uganda CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the projects 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES KATUSIIME, Resident in Buhuka 3. various of the projects 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DAVID CHALIGONZA, Community leader STORYLINE: Chinese-built projects in the oil-rich city of Hoima in western Uganda have been helping improve the living standards of local people over the past years. Among the projects is the Buhuka Gravity Water Flow Scheme rehabilitation project, a community water and sanitation project implemented by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The project is now benefiting over 13,000 residents of five villages in Buhuka sub-county, Kikuube district on the shores of Lake Albert. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES KATUSIIME, Resident in Buhuka "So last year they managed to construct for us this beautiful area you can see, which is called Buhuka Gravity W

KENYA-EMBU-CHILDREN'S HEALTH-NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES

KENYA-EMBU-CHILDREN'S HEALTH-NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES

(230403) -- EMBU (KENYA), April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mary Keringa (Front), a sub-county nutritionist based in Embu, speaks during a meeting of a mother-to-mother support group in Nthawa village, Embu county, Kenya, on March 28, 2023. At the heart of Nthawa village, located in the upper eastern Kenyan county of Embu, mothers sat in the shade cast by trees as they listened to one of them narrating the importance of breastfeeding. The women are part of a mother-to-mother support group formed in 2022 to facilitate sharing of information on child nutrition and positive parenting. (Photo by Chrispinus Omar/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Kenyan rural mothers embrace nutritional practices to improve children's health

Four dead and 372 infected as cholera hits refugee camps in northern Kenya

STORY: Four dead and 372 infected as cholera hits refugee camps in northern Kenya DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Garrissa County 2. various of patients being treated under a tent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): AHMED OMAR, Health chief executive of Garissa County STORYLINE: Kenya is grappling with the rising cases of Cholera that has so far spread to 6 counties leading to 15 fatalities across the country. In Garissa County in northern Kenya, locals have been asked to maintain high levels of hygiene in a bid to combat cholera outbreak that has so far led to the death of four people. According to Garissa County Health chief executive Ahmed Omar, the first case was reported on October 23 at Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab Sub County and spread out to host communities and other sub counties. Speaking during an emergency meeting with officials and NGOs today in Garissa, Omar said that while the outbreak started in the refugee camps, c