World Press Institute

Author: Farouk Kayondo

2012 WPI Fellow

Uganda

Posts by Farouk Kayondo:

Mining the humane way

by | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized

MINING THE HUMANE WAY A dragline MINING THE HUMANE WAY A dragline Being an environmentalist, I am always sceptical about destroying nature in a bid to make human life better. The major victim here is the mining industry.  Mining in all its forms...

GROUND ZERO

by | Sep 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

Ground Zero: One of the twin towers stood here     Twin towers once stood on this site A symbol of America’s financial might But on September 11th 2001 Ground Zero: One of the twin towers stood here     Twin towers once stood on this site...

From the Twin Cities to the Queen City

by | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized

I had got accustomed to life in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The warm hospitality, the nice summer weather, an occasional ice cream cone at Izzy’s, pizza at Davani’s, shopping at Super America or the nearest Target, hanging out with my host families,...

Minnesota nice

by | Aug 28, 2012 | Uncategorized

This is my first visit to the US. Everything I knew about this country was what I saw on television or what I read in books. But thanks to the World Press Institute fellowship, I have the opportunity to see it first-hand. Before I came here, I stereotyped Americans as...