Introducing to you...Rebecca Birungi

In January I wrote a blog post introducing you to one of my colleagues at UMWA and Mama FM. Now I believe it is time to introduce another one. For the past few weeks I have worked quite closely with Rebecca Birungi. We are writing an article about women artists in Uganda, and between research and interviews I’ve also had the chance get to know Becky better, and I have really come to appreciate this lovely and very talented lady. 

Rebecca has a BA in Mass communication and a MA in Public Health. She has worked with UMWA and Mama FM since 2005. She is a bit of an all-rounder in our organization. She works as a researcher, as a reporter and as a producer. She also helps out with proposal writing.

In 2009 Becky spent 10 months in Kathmandu in Nepal through the Fredskorpset South-South programme. She worked as a part time lecturer for the College of Journalism and Mass Communication and as a producer for the radio station CJMC.FM 106mhz. According Samjhana, a former FK-participant from Nepal who was her when I came, Becky’s Nepalese isn’t at all bad.  

Rebecca works in communication and journalism because she likes meeting and interacting with other people. She is at Mama FM working with girls and gender because she regards gender equality ads as development issue.

“I believe that if women can get good information about health, about environment and so on, they improve their own lives”, she says.

In the future Rebecca wants to become a health and environmental specialist, and she wants to work specifically with women.