Job shadow visit to Kamuli’s KBS Radio Station

EarlyBird256 was created to also be a space where the students get an opportunity to see and experience their community as well as their country. In their letters, the students have shown interest in seeing the River Nile (as they should) although it is just an hour’s drive from Kamuli, most of them will never get a chance to visit the source of the Nile because of the cost of travel and admission fees geared towards tourists. Attractions like the Entebbe Zoo, Uganda Museum, Kasubi Tombs become a luxury many locals cannot afford. With our mantra of #DoingLittleThingsWithPassion, we are slowly manifesting these educational trips for our students through our Job shadow program. We want them to see and experience the world, starting with their own home.

We invited five students from the current Rev. Nayenga Candidate class to do a job shadow at a local KBS Radio Station in Kamuli. These five students scored the top results in their EarlyBird practice exams, so they were rewarded with a tour and lunch at the radio station. We welcome future collaborations with any Ugandan business or organization  that is willing to invite our students over for a job shadow. We want the students to experience first hand the many ways they can be amazing in their own communities. Below are the reviews from the student representatives.

Station Manager Jane Were assisting the students David Okido with his headphones.

Catherine Bazibu 

“Thank you earlybird256 for supporting us in everything. You planned for us a trip to a radio station. It made us very happy because we had never visited a radio station before. When we reached there, they welcomed us very well. We learned so many things especially from the radio manager Madam Were Jane who taught us some of the skills needed in a workplace; smartness, honesty, time management, hard work and so many others. The manager also told us the functions of everything in the radio station” 

David Okido 

“I enjoyed the job shadow at KBS Radio Station. The journey was by boda boda (motorcycle) from our homes at a fair of shs 1,500 (less than a dollar) The welcome at the reception was very good. This was followed by touring the radio premises including places of public administration. Two meals were served. For breakfast, we had tea with chapati and rice with meat for lunch. The meat was delicious, we also had soda. We signed the visitor’s books and went to the newsroom where they were auditing the news. We also got a chance to send a greeting to our parents and EarlyBird256 in the radio studio” 

Our students are natural born storytellers.With your support, we can continue building a space where the children in the communities we work with can chase after their wildest dreams. 

We are grateful to the professionalism and hospitality the KBS Radio station staff showed our students.