Knowledge Transfer Award Ceremony

Wednesday 23rd September was the Knowledge Transfer Award Ceremony where we received our awards and heard about many other great projects organised by staff and students alike.

For us, it was exciting for the Elimisha Project to be acknowledged on quite a large scale and has reminded us how rewarding this project is not only for ourselves; but hopefully, also for the Kenyan women involved.        

Receiving the award from Vice- Chancellor, Glyn Davis.

Get Involved: Education students

We're also recruiting Education students (preferably postgraduate) for consultation sessions once the modules have been written.

These sessions are designed to review the modules produced and assist in developing the most effective and interactive means of delivering this information to the Kenyan students.

The consultation sessions are planned to be held between the 26th and 30th November. The position requires a 2-4 hour time commitment during this period.

 

To apply, please send a brief email outlining your experience and why you're interested in this position to: theelimishaproject@gaps.org.au

Stage One: get involved!

After much planning and deliberation these past few months, The Elimisha Project is finally in the first stages of production. And we want YOU to help make this project a reality!

Currently, we're looking for Medicine/Health Science/Public Health, Commerce, Media and Communications, Arts and Higher Education students for the module writing teams.

We're also looking for a Medical Unit Team Leader from any Medicine/Health Science/Public Health faculty to coordinate the health team and oversee the production of the health module.  

These positions are imperative to the greater success of the project as the modules will form the skills and knowledge basis for the seminars to be held in Kenya as well as act as a future resource for the Kenyan participants when writing the newsletter.

For more information and position descriptions please see our brochure, here. 

Or, click here to apply now! 

Applications close Friday 9th October 

About the project

The Elimisha Project aims to create a quarterly newsletter written by Kenyan women,  for Kenyan women who have limited access to information about health, employment, women's rights and social issues.

While the newsletter will be predominantly health focused, it will provide accessible and interesting information about all the above areas and include features such as: 
- success stories from local women

- medical mythbusters 

- student journalist profiles

Female journalism and media students from a local Kenyan college in partnership with students from Melbourne University will produce the newsletters' content in Swahili and English. Similarly contributions from Australian and Kenyan academics will be included to offer a diverse range of opinions and ideas.

Initially, it will be distributed in Ngong, and focus on issues and people relevant to this community. However, following its primary phase and feedback, we hope to evaluate the newsletters' success and potentially expand and adapt the project to other areas. 

We hope to give as much local ownership as possible to the students producing the newsletter and make this project a primarily Kenyan one. Through this, we believe the newsletter will be most relevant, informative and useful to young Kenyan women.  

We believe this project will not only give journalism/media students a hands- on experience in a highly competitive industry but will also inspire and empower its readers; showing other young women that they too have the potential to achieve their goals and influence their future.      

This project is supported by the University of Melbourne's 'Knowledge Transfer' program and Global Aid Partnerships (GAPS) Australia.