WHO 2024 Road Safety Reporting Training for African Journalists

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Science Africa is happy to be welcoming applications from African journalists and media trainers for a three-day training workshop for journalists in Nairobi, Kenya for the 2024 training.

The WHO workshop will also include the official launch of the WHO Africa Regional Report on Road Safety. The purpose is to equip journalists to report on key road safety issues and help them to bring up others. The WHO Road Safety Reporting Initiative aims to help journalists tell more and better stories that help reduce road accidents.

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Internship Summary:

Organisation: World Health Organization (WHO) and Science Africa

Program Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Program Duration: A three-day training workshop

Available Slot: Several

Basic Qualifications: African journalists and media trainers

Nationality: Africans

Requirement and Eligibility Criteria for the WHO Road Safety Reporting Training:

Applicants must be a journalist
Applicants must be a media trainer
Applications are open to journalists and media trainers from Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
After the training, participants may apply for grants to support reporting or training on road safety with mentoring provided by the Science Africa team.

The Road Safety Reporting Initiative aims to help journalists tell more and better stories that help reduce deaths from road crashes. As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety, it offers training, mentoring, tools and resources to help journalists dig deeper into the issue.