November 2009
14 posts
Yunited Voicez on real life radio! →
Wellington Access Radio 783AM is playing the music programme Yunited Voicez made on Thursday, 3 December, 3.30pm to 5pm. You can listen via the internet with this link, or tune in the old-fashioned way on the radio. Listen in!!
Reza Rassuli gets the lowdown on love and...
Respect - Makuei Aken
As child of a African parents I was taught to respect my elders. The people that are really bigger than you, you show respect by calling them Uncle or Grandparents.
It is not because our parents are strict on us; it is a way of showing discipline to children, and showing how to behave in public and around you, too. Our great, great grandparents were brought up like that, so we follow in their...
The Water Festival
angelashiningmoon:
The Water Festival
By Angela Aye
I want to write about a famous celebration in my country called the Water Festival. It is the Burmese New Year. We have Water Festival every year as holiday. Burmese people celebrate for five days, from April 13 to 18 every year.
The village people have to go the city to find work and make money for buying food for the children. The family...
My Life Experience in New Zealand 2005-2009 By...
margaretp:
When I arrived in New Zealand, everything was so different for me, especially because it was a new place and the way of living.
When I first arrived, I had a bad experience because of the different time zones. I came with a refugee quota to Mangere Refugee Centre.
I slept in the daytime while at the night time I was awake. I was always missing my lunch. In Africa, it is the day...
The Power of Love - Abubakar Abdulaziz
Five years ago, my niece was born. Back then, I was only 11 years of age. Three weeks into her life, she was crying so much that I was trying to find the mute button on her.
Her Dad tried – well, everybody tried – then they passed her to me. Next thing you know she stopped crying. I saw those tears in her eyes, and from there, we created our bond. Every chance I had I would see her, so we could...
Angela Aye talks to Jamila Homayun about the ins...
Money in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Abdalla Gabriel
Abdalla: Hello, welcome to my garage. How are you today?
Customer: I’m fine thank you, I’ve just had a few problem with my bicycle. Do you think you could service it for me please?
Abdalla: Yes, of course,you are at the right place, I could certainly fix that for you. Now take a seat while I double check it for you.
Customer: Makanic, how much is the cost?
Abdalla: Not as much as...
Abubakar Abdulaziz grills a radio professional...
October 2009
9 posts
special day
hazaraboy:
Today I am going to write about a special day in Afghanistan. Eid comes once a year after Ramadan. Eid is very special day for all the Muslim people. All the Muslim people fast for a month. The last day of the Ramadan is called Eid. That is when people buy new clothes and go to family and friends house to say “Eid Mubarak”. On Eid the peoples in Afghanistan do heaps of fun. They have...
“Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikiquote (via elly-aloro)
margaretp:
this is recorded by abdalla and me
gurillaz:
captain imon starr
this was my...
Kakuma News Reflector →
The Kakuma News Reflector, or KANERE, is an independent news magazine produced by Ethiopian, Congolese, Ugandan, Rwandan, Somali, Sudanese and Kenyan journalists operating in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. It is the first fully independent refugee-run news source of its kind to emerge from a refugee camp, and has attracted considerable international attention.
Elly Aloro’s interview with Wellington...
September 2009
3 posts
The music radio show that the group put together...
July 2009
9 posts
“am in the class right now. it’s really good sometimes to talk to people...”
– (via dinkawarrior)
June 2009
1 post
