http://www.jhr.ca/blogLiving and Working Overseas with jhren-USTue, 21 May 2013 11:25:39 PDThourly1http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/t9r8yKppDMo/Sierra LeoneTrainerFreetowngolfgunslandviolenceRedmond ShannonTue, 21 May 2013 11:10:24 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9412Freetown Golf Club (FTG). Saturday, May 18th, 2:03 p.m. – I was finishing some interviews for a feature article about Sierra Leone’s only golf club, when I saw something remarkable for a golf course; people running. I had played the course a week before and enjoyed speaking with the friendly caddies and professionals. One young [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/a-good-walk-spoiled/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/a-good-walk-spoiled/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/vq8a4sFdew4/UncategorizedRachel PulferFri, 17 May 2013 13:53:45 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9403In Liberia, hard-won press freedom is being eroded. Government threats to the media in the aftermath of World Press Freedom Day have sparked a two-week blackout of that country’s front pages. On May 16, two JHR-trained journalists from two of the most independent newspapers in the country were briefly arrested, along with their driver and [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/red-flags-for-press-freedom-in-liberia/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/red-flags-for-press-freedom-in-liberia/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/lC6cI_HQunQ/Sierra LeoneTrainerRedmond ShannonTue, 14 May 2013 13:58:48 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9386The goal of Journalists for Human Rights is to make everyone in the world fully aware of their rights. We do this through facilitating good human rights journalism, primarily in developing nations. It’s sometimes hard for visiting trainers like myself not to feel like we should be doing more than just this. When we leave, [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/you-lucky-dog/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/you-lucky-dog/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/V3hSqu9pU64/Sierra LeoneTrainerEnvironmentFreetownpovertysand miningRedmond ShannonThu, 09 May 2013 06:21:36 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9367In Hollywood “romcom” movies, you’ll sometimes see the male lead whisk away his lady in a blindfold for a surprise holiday. When they arrive, he removes her blindfold and she gushes in delight. Maybe that was an episode of The Bachelor, but I think you know what I’m talking about. If such a thing were [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/digging-up-the-future/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/digging-up-the-future/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/DpC6v2q54k8/GhanaTrainerUncategorizedartculturedevelopmentwomenwomen's rightsRobin PierroMon, 06 May 2013 07:41:35 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9358Ashley Terry is a senior producer with globalnews.ca. In the spring of 2013, she served as an expert trainer with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana as part of the Shaw Africa Project. ACCRA & CAPE COAST, Ghana – The Bangladesh factory collapse has forced Canadians to look at their closets a little more closely. The [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/mamas-know-best-an-organization-in-ghana-profits-with-fair-trade/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/mamas-know-best-an-organization-in-ghana-profits-with-fair-trade/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/PZuvj-_eUlk/GhanaTrainerUncategorizedartRobin PierroFri, 03 May 2013 10:52:59 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9350Ashley Terry is a senior producer with globalnews.ca. In the spring of 2013, she served as an expert trainer with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana as part of the Shaw Africa Project. TESHIE, Ghana – Style is a major part of life in Ghana, so much so that Ghanaians take it to the grave. In [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/going-out-in-style-fantasy-coffin-makers-of-teshie/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/05/going-out-in-style-fantasy-coffin-makers-of-teshie/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/1QV-PFvTHEw/GhanaUncategorizedRobin PierroFri, 26 Apr 2013 11:26:21 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9336Ashley Terry is a senior producer with globalnews.ca. In the spring of 2013, she served as an expert trainer with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana as part of the Shaw Africa Project. ACCRA, Ghana – The Amui Dzor housing project towers over the rest of the Ashaiman slum. The three-storey building houses 31 families, who [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/housing-project-brings-water-sanitation-to-amui-dzor-slum/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/housing-project-brings-water-sanitation-to-amui-dzor-slum/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/qooxxJlQmcM/Sierra LeoneTrainerBontheCharles Taylorcivil warCrimes Against HumanityFoday SankohPademba RoadprisonSCSLSherbroSpecial CourtWar CrimesRedmond ShannonThu, 25 Apr 2013 14:55:22 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9313Bonthe is like nowhere else I’ve ever been. It has no cars, no real roads, and just a few motorbikes. It is like stepping back in time. Crumbling colonial buildings line the town’s shore, looking across to the mainland. Behind them, are a mixture of mud houses, simple modern bungalows and metal shacks. For the most part, [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/a-deafening-silence/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/a-deafening-silence/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/i1GNSZ-mHzo/By CountryLiberiaTrainerEthan BaronWed, 24 Apr 2013 08:29:09 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9302Liberia is not known for its wildlife. While in other African countries, monkeys and other mammals small and large are frequently observed, such sightings are relatively rare here – except in markets and roadside stands selling bushmeat. Bushmeat is consumed on a vast scale in Liberia. In rural areas it often serves as a protein [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/bushmeat-trade-thrives-on-endangered-species-but-creates-livelihoods/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/bushmeat-trade-thrives-on-endangered-species-but-creates-livelihoods/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jhr/fieldnotes/~3/24rphRiWzEU/GhanaTrainerUncategorizedAccrahuman rightsjhrjournalismRobin PierroMon, 22 Apr 2013 07:28:39 PDThttp://www.jhr.ca/blog/?p=9293 Ashley Terry is a senior producer with globalnews.ca. In the spring of 2013, she served as an expert trainer with Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana as part of the Shaw Africa Project. ACCRA – Ghana may soon join a dozen other African countries with access to information legislation. It has been a long time in [...]http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/journalists-doubt-information-will-soon-be-free-in-ghana/feed/0http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2013/04/journalists-doubt-information-will-soon-be-free-in-ghana/