ToroDev Media and Communications officer, (Solomon Akugizibwe) has
received a training by Radio Nederland Training Center (RNTC) on Using Media
for Development which will assist ToroDev strengthen the implementation of its projects
on service delivery monitoring and entrepreneurship development especially
financial literacy using the media.

The specific topics of the training included an insight
into how NGOs can best use media and collaborate with local media in the
interests of development, understanding the characteristics of print,
broadcast, online and social media and their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Others are an overview of theoretical models underpinning
the design and use of media formats to inform and educate specific target
groups, working knowledge of the media content producer’s toolkit and hands-on
practical experience of devising and making a short multimedia story.

“I will build the capacities of local institutions through
training on how to effectively collaborate with the media to have a better
impact. I will also train radio journalists on broadcasting better stories
which can persuade and change attitudes of their target audiences.” Said
Solomon Akugizibwe