Five-year-old Kenyan student Miguel Munene sits between his parents, holding their hands as he watches cartoon characters teaching him to pronounce “fish”. So some, like Munene, watch a cartoon made by Tanzanian non-profit organisation Ubongo, which offers television and radio content for free to African broadcasters. “Other programmes are just for fun, but Ubongo is helping children,” Miguel’s mother Celestine Wanjiru told Reuters. For Munene and other schoolchildren, programmes like Ubongo’s are their only option to learn for now. “The way the children learn through programmes is different (from) the way they interact with others and teachers,” Nyaga said.

Source: Standard Digital September 19, 2020 15:11 UTC