ASACC MEDIA AWARDS LAUNCHED
Zambia Climate Change Network (ZCCN) joined the consortium of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Launching the 2022 ASACC Media Awards.
For the past Six years, ZCCN has collaborated with PELUM Zambia, Caritas Zambia, ActionAid, FIAN International, ZAAB, CTDT and others to enhance opportunities for Journalists taking part in the Climate Change discourse, and to appreciate them for the dissemination of Climate Change related information.
Gracing the ASACC Media Awards Launch was Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Media Mr. Kennedy Kalunga who thanked and encouraged the consortium to continue with the initiative as a way of enhancing Environmental Protection and Climate Change concerns as a way of promoting Climate Advocacy.
Mr. Kalunga promised the CSOs of government’s continuous support and stated that human survival is directly linked to the topics of Agroecology, Environment, and Climate change which the media have been tasked to write on.
And ActionAid Country Director Madam Nalucha Nganga who officially launched the awards called on the media to help the CSOs in the Climate Change fraternity by informing and educating the masses on the effects of Climate Change.
Madam Nganga further encouraged the media to write on articles that link Zambia’s debt to food security among households and communities across the country so as to bring to light issues of social accountability which are key in the advocacy mandate of the CSOs.
The Media Awards are categorized in Agroecology, Social Accountability and Climate Change (ASACC) and are for TV, Radio, Print and Social media platforms with aim of motivating and encouraging Journalists who are communicating and spreading information about climate change to the populace.
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