Want to improve your Media CV while you travel?

This is a wonderful opportunity to join The Ugandan Broadcasting Corporation in it’s infant years and help it establish itself in a country where an independent press is a recent and much-cherished freedom. After years of civil war Uganda now boasts one of the fastest growing economies in Africa and you can watch its development first hand. Getting work experience abroad is a great way to demonstrate that you are passionate about an industry and have the maturity to cope with working in a foreign country. The equipment is a throw back to the seventies but the tasks will be wide and varied, from contributing scripts for news bulletins to assisting in the editing and production process. After you clock off you can enjoy the capital, Kampala and nearby Lake Victoria or even venture further afield and take a safari to see the famous mountain gorillas. 

Project details:
The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) consists of Uganda Television and Radio Uganda and was originally created in 1963, a year after Uganda's independence. The years that followed were plagued by civil war, the result of which was a number of institutions being neglected and falling into a run-down state, this being one of them. However, with civil war a fading memory, Parliament passed an Act to form UBC, which started its activities in 2005. The mission of UBC is to educate, inform, guide and entertain the public through the provision of great services, with an aim to achieve and sustain comprehensive national coverage.

Why the project needs volunteers:
This project is an internship rather than a volunteer project. Interns will support the existing staff in the implementation of project activities and share new ideas, experiences and culture.

What kind of skills you need to go on this type of project:
For this project you need to have some kind of background in broadcasting media or journalism. For example, you will be studying for, or have, a degree or other qualification in this area or you will have work experience. Please detail this on your CV / resumé which you will need to send on application to the project.

You will also need to be flexible, as you could be working on a variety of projects, hard-working and capable of using your own initiative to get involved in areas of interest to you. You must be respectful of the Ugandan culture and will be briefed on do's and don'ts by the official regulatory body for media houses before you start work. UBC uses English as well as the local languages.

Your role as a volunteer:
At the start of this project you will be briefed by an official from the Media Centre of Uganda, a regulatory body for all media houses in Uganda, on the do's and don'ts of broadcasting in this country. You will be assigned with work to do, but this will have some flexibility depending on your interests. You will be working on whichever programs the UBC is currently involved with, so this can vary.

Areas where an internship may be possible include:

• Newsroom - 4 bulletins are produced per day and you could be involved in finding stories and writing scripts
• TV editing - Graphics work
• TV programming - Editing and producing
• Radio - Presenter / producer

Where the project is based:
You will be staying in shared, hostel accommodation in one of the busiest suburbs of Kampala, 15 minutes drive from the project site by public transport (this will cost about $2.50 per journey). The hostel mainly houses university students and visiting researchers.

Please book your flight to arrive into Entebbe International airport in Kampala (airport code EBB) on the advertised arrival date to ensure your airport pickup.