Org Name Original: Uganda Federation of hard of hearing (UFHOH)
Altered Org Name: Not really
Contact First: Moses Serwadda
Contact Last:Serwadda
Project Title: Safe listening awareness to youth groups and Community
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AFR: Uganda
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Event Purpose: World Report on hearing-related activities, Facilitate policy dialogue, Advocacy with policymakers, Awareness-raising, Education and training
Primary Audience: Policymakers, General public, Children, Adolescents, Adults, Older adults, Health care workforce
Estimated In Person Reach: Local, National, Regional, Global
Audience Reached: General Public, Children and adolescents, Adults, Older adults
Specific Workplace: Healthcare workers, Musicians, Industrial workers
Screen Newborn and Infant: None
Screen Children and Adolecents:
Screen Adults:
Screen Older Adults:
Policy Maker: On third March the Chief guest was Mr. Turinaawe Willy a local government Councillor, Hon. Robert Nkwangu Lord Councilor at Kampala Capital City Authority, and lastly the Local Council one chairperson of 4 villages
Influencer: Higenyi Stuart
Traditional Media: 400000
Traditional Media Numbers: 400000
Social Media: Facebook, Linked In
Social Media Numbers: 3000
Event Description:
we started with a radio talk show to increase public awareness about Safe listening and relevancy of 3rd March World Hearing Day, In coordination with local leaders we camped in ghetto Community recreation centres at lake shores of Luzira in Kampala District to sensitize youth groups and community about Safe listening and recommended good practices from World Health Organization. We held a press briefing attended by 7 media houses, and visited one secondary school to sensitise students about safe listening, shared testimonials and distributed WHO Materials. Social media publicity.
WHO Educational Materials Used: Yes
Native Written Language: Luganda
Educational Materials Available in Your Language: Yes
Did You Translate WHO Materials: yes Luganda , is vernacular language understood by the majority population were we based our activities in our explanations we changed from English to Luganda to fit the audience
Would You Consider Assisting Us: Yes , i would consider helping it would be more impactful to the illiterate population
What Additional Materials Would Be Helpful:
Visual graphics on reality of Hearing loss
Did You Have A World Hearing Day Event Last Year: Yes, and we submitted a report to the WHF/WHO
Other Suggestions:
Sofar everything is good with me.
Did You Apply for Grant:Yes, we were awarded the grant
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Photo 1 caption Quotes by Moses Serwadda on WHD 2022 “Prolonged exposure to loud music may be harmful to your ears with irreversible effects” “Its better to focus on preventive aspects of hearing loss , than to think about the interventions” during the 3rd march ghetto community engagement
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Photo 2 caption Group photo at lake shores of lake victoria in Luzira parish with the Ghetto Community fraternity , on 3rd March 2022
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Photo 3 caption Pausing after the Radio Talk show at Maama FM, among others we discussed recommendations of the World Report on hearing with emphasis on required policy actions and the urgent need for behavior change among the public, to mitigate the projected increase of hearing loss in the coming years.
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