Jefferson Mok '02

Jeff Mok '02 received a Wall Alumni Award to support his work with Imagine Burundi, the first locally-produced English-language radio program in that African nation. It airs weekly and employs the medium of language and radio to bridge the divide between post-conflict recovery and peaceful socio-economic progress in Burundi. The show explores issues of cultural awareness, social cohesion, individual enterprise and local investment in the style of literary non-fiction and investigative reporting. Its ultimate goal is to create a sustainable public forum and increase community participation in the sharing of perspectives and individual experiences of life in Burundi. Imagine Burundi hopes to inspire its listeners through inventive explorations of daily encounters and help expand English-language radio programming, which will be instrumental to meeting Burundi’s ambitions of flourishing in the East African Community. Jeff will use the Wall Award funds to support the radio show, purchase equipment, and train Burundians to continue his work after he departs that country in 2012.

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