Tom

NPF Rare Diseases Reporting Fellow| Journalism Now Prize 2019|Isu Elihle Awardee 2021| Eco Warrior Awardee 2018| Science Writer| MA Digital Journalism| BBM

[Dr Bashar Gulumbe @HGBashar]

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP – GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH AFRICA CONFERENCE 2027

The African Centre for Research, Training and Productivity (ACRTP) invites early-career researchers, students and persons with lived experience to apply for the Global Mental Health Africa Conference (GMHAC 2027) Travel Fellowship.

The fellowship provides an opportunity for eligible applicants to receive support to attend this landmark conference in Nairobi and engage with researchers, practitioners, advocates and other stakeholders working to advance mental health across Africa.

🎓 Who Can Apply?
• Early-career researchers
• Students
• Persons with lived experience
• Applicants interested in global and African mental health
• Emerging professionals seeking to engage with the African mental health community

🌍 Conference: Global Mental Health Africa Conference 2027
💡 Theme: Together for Mental Health: African Leadership. Global Impact
📅 Conference Date: 8–10 February 2027
📍 Venue: Nairobi, Kenya
🎫 Opportunity: Travel Fellowship
⏰ Application Deadline: 31 August 2026

▶️ Apply: https://t.co/pTM2jQLJIV

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Michelle Nekesa’s 12-year Fight With Rare Blood Disorder PRCA

https://t.co/VeD5EZ2wwa

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Recent Progress in Treatment of Sickle Cell disease And The Road to Cure
https://t.co/RtNMbpAObf

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Living With A Rare Disease: Transverse Myelitis, A Mother’s Story of Resilience

https://t.co/eu50LIJoyL

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Michelle Nekesa’s 12-year Fight With Rare Blood Disorder PRCA
https://t.co/VeD5EZ2wwa

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Chania River Biodiversity under serious threat from pollution and encroachment
https://t.co/601fXZKY44

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

NPF Selects 25 Journalists for 2023 Covering Rare Diseases Fellowship

https://t.co/460VmSup5Q

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

51 writers from 17 countries experience and enrich #SciWri21 through NASW community support grants

https://t.co/H5ZRi6qcya

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

https://t.co/0YuVtqxVuH

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Regulating Kenyan’s Film Industry

https://t.co/0onOkYpRqO

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Committed to truthful story-telling
#HealthJournalsim
https://t.co/WppjjcTbQs

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

I am now confidently equipped to produce more engaging and important human stories
#JournalismNow

https://t.co/pILSPt7dqe

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Tom Mwiraria is story teller, a Pan-Africanist and social rights enthusiast. He has written extensively on travel, culture, art, the environment and social justice.
#KenyanJournalist

https://t.co/SqJIxJByiW

[Hon.Mithika Linturi, EGH @MithikaLinturii]

Happy New Year 2024🙏

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

It has been an intensive training by top experts in rare diseases, diagnostics, targeted testing & drug development, as well as from leaders of patient advocacy groups & journos. I'm ready to execute a project.Thank you @NatPress

@MediaCouncilK
RareDiseasesReportingFellowship

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Our KTDA teams showed up in numbers to plant over 50, 000 trees across 71 factories during the #NationalTreePlantingDay

H.E @rigathi
CS @mithika_Linturi
@UNEP
#KTDA
"Climate Crisis Demands Immediate and Drastic Action"-#WilsonMuthaura KTDA Group CEO.
#ClimateAction

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

#WilsonMuthaura KTDA Group CEO & TV Journalist @SteveLetoo dig deep on the national tree planting day 13 Nov 2023 in Kajiado. National Tree Planting Day is ground-breaking
Gvt initiative to plant 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle the climate crisis.
H.E @rigathi Hon @mithika_Linturi

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

Congratulations Prof. and Mentor ✨️
@KimaniPete

[AKU Graduate School of Media and Communications @AKU_GSMC]

📚 On #AuthorsDay, we feature #GSMC's Prof. @kimanipete, a Professor of Practice and an internationally acclaimed author, journalist and editor. He has published four novels, including NairobiNoir and Dance of the Jakaranda, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017.

[Tom @Tommwiraria]

I’m humbled and thankful, to say the very least. @NatPress @AKU_GSMC @nabooker

[AKU Graduate School of Media and Communications @AKU_GSMC]

Join us in congratulating Thomas Mwiraria, a student of our Master of Arts in Digital Journalism Programme (MADJ), for being selected for the National Press Foundation’s 2023 Covering Rare Diseases Fellowship. He attributed the win to the advanced journalism skills that he received from the #MADJ programme. Aside from training, the fellows will also receive up to $3,000 in reporting grants to cover travel expenses and time in executing a rare disease project of their choosing.

➡️ Keep learning, keep growing.

[Science Journalism Forum @ScienceJF]

By @debbieponchner during SJF23 session 'The Art of Pitching & Freelancing.

#sjf23 #sciencejournalism #sciencewriting #SciCommX