Project in Ituri

VIDEO

IRfJ Field Manager Lewis Mudge made this colorful 15- film to introduce our local teams in the DRC. Members of our staff in Bunia, Goma and Kasugho give their perspective on how IRfJ serves their communities.

A short video about the situation in Ituri, produced by Wanda E Hall with donated footage from Insight News. Click on the video and press the « space » key on your keyboard to start / stop playing the video.

MUSIC FOR JUSTICE

Music for Justice encourages respect for rule of law and hope for reconciliation within the young population of Ituri. Read more and listen to the music…

Opinion Poll

IRfJ conducted a listener opinion poll during September and October ‘06 to gauge how people think about the Thomas Lubanga case at the ICC, how the ICC is working in the DRC in general, and what listeners think about the IRfJ project.

In the field

Photos of Richard at work and Wanda in studio: programming is recorded either in the field with mini-disque players or in the studio of Radio Canal Revelation where we record interviews over the telephone.  Richard Pituwa edits programming digitally on a laptop.

Local radio partners

IRfJ works with a network of local radios who play regularly the programs produced by the team.Read more about our partnership with local radio stations

Installing antennas in Kpandroma

In the fall of 2006 IRfJ started with the installation of new antennas in the mountainous region of Kpandroma, Ituri. After several delays caused by renewed fighting in the region between rebel and government forces, installation was completed in February 2007. Now Canal Revelation, the principal community radio partner for IRfJ, has broadcast capability throughout the entire Ituri Province, as well as in the farthest southern region of Sudan and the farthest western region of Uganda. To serve the expanded community of listeners, IRfJ programming is now produced in Lingala as well as in Swahili and French.

Public broadcast in Bunia

On 9 March 2007 IRfJ organized a public broadcast in Bunia to celebrate the production of the 25th program in the series. Authorities who normally participate in our programming were invited to listen to the broadcast together with the community, and then to answer questions from the audience after the broadcast. Approximately 250 Bunians showed up and the debate after the broadcast lasted over two hours. Authorities present included the ICC Deputy Prosecutor and Registrar, the MONUC Director and those responsible for Political Affaires and Human Rights monitoring at MONUC, the Prosecutor and Judge/President for the Tribunal of First Instance for Ituri, the Judge/President for the Military Court in Ituri, the Acting Commissioner for Ituri.

SkyLight Pictures

SkyLight Pictures visited us in Bunia during filming for their upcoming documentary film on the International Criminal Court. Read more about the work of Skylight Pictures