Bulbul Ratemo, Kenya

My name is Bulbul Ratemo a 26-year-old development communication assistant currently working at Kenya Forest Service. I am a social scientist with an undergraduate degree in International Relations and Human Security Studies and a Master's degree in Development Communication. I am interested in writing argumentative pieces exploring different concepts and their applicability in social structures and I am currently curious about how media can be employed to liberate marginalised communities and social groups to foster human development.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems employed by rural communities in areas such as agriculture, water abstraction and food preservation etc., are slowly getting lost and replaced with modern systems that are destructive to the environment. This loss is ironically attributed to lack of adequate information in an increasingly informed digital world. Hence, my project aims to employ emerging media to mainstream these methods and aid in advocacy and scaling up of the methods.