Zimbabwean Women Journalists graduate

 

From caterpillar cocoons 14 women have metamorphosed to brilliant butterflies that are now ready to fly. After a yearlong Women Journalist Mentoring Programme, the ladies were on Friday graduated at the prestigious Deputy Ambassador’s residence in Highlands. This might be the end of the program but it is definitely the beginning of a new chapter, hoping that whatever they took from this will be useful to them and will be able to channel them into more opportunities.
 
The 14 mentees were chosen from a field of 45 applicants, from different media fields across the country in September 2011 and has ended after a full year of travelling, battling mentoring classes and work.

The graduation was adorned by media specialist from across the media fraternity, such as Shehnilla Mohamed of HIVOS, Virginia Muwanigwa director of HIFC, Thembe Sachikonye columnist from Alpha Media Holdings, Nhlanhla Ngwenya, from MISA-Zim and a whole lot of other media personnel, some who were also part of the program as mentors.


Shehnilla Mohamed of HIVOS

 The Zimbabwe Women’s Mentoring Programme is an initiative by the United States Embassy Public Affairs Section Harare and  Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre(HIFC ) to promote female journalist in Zimbabwe. To the 14 graduated mentees, Well done, Congratulations and continue to be prosperous!

(In top pics, Sharon hands out certificates to mentees- pictures courtesy of US Embassy PAS Harare)