Creating content for my son Awesome & children to come.
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Kikole Hati: My Hats as a Storyteller
Identifying the right stories isn’t as straightforward as it may seem. While we know the locations and sectors funded by the donors, it’s unclear who to interview, what visuals to capture, or how to structure the video.
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Kikole Hati: Choosing Responsibility Over Convenience
For over 4 kilometers, the two voices in my head waged a battle, each trying to control my actions.
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Kikole Hati: Capturing Stories in the Face of Danger
Given that TB is a highly contagious and deadly disease, we had to wear protective gear throughout the filming to avoid exposure.
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Kikole Hati: Field livestreaming numerous challenges
In 2022, I was livestreaming the Kampala World Refugee Day commemoration event on the UNHCR Uganda Facebook account. We didn’t have a professional livestreaming team, but we had to pull it off with just an iPhone. Yes, I was a Communication Associate at UNHCR Uganda, and we commemorate World Refugee Day every 20th June. World…
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Kikole Hati: For you my child, I am fearless
You could never tell me to touch a lion before I had a child (Psalm 127:3-5). But for my son’s birthday, I had my intentional encounters with wild animals including petting lions, holding a snake, holding an iguana, carrying a tortoise, and holding a vicious young crocodile among many others. The Bible is clear about…
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Kikole Hati: I saw the label later, “DEAD.”
In October 2024, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, visited Uganda. This was the third time in my UN career that I supported his visit in a communication role. As is typical for such visits, it required careful coordination between the Ugandan government and UNHCR Uganda to ensure everything went smoothly. Before…
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Rotary: Leadership Breakfast – Preparing For Leadership
I joined Rotary International in 2022. Throughout my time in secondary school and campus, I had no interest in anything associated with Rotary. I kept my distance from the Interact and Rotaract clubs, influenced by misconceptions I wasn’t ready to research. The Covid-19 lockdown brought me face to face with Rotary, despite my efforts to…
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Kikole Hati: The story behind the Covid 19 livestream
On July 14, 2020, I had the opportunity to participate in a live stream with Mr. Joel Boutroue, the UNHCR Uganda Representative, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on refugees in Uganda. This event was part of Sheila Nduhukire’s #SheilasDigiTalks series, and as a Social Media Associate at UNHCR Uganda, my role was to support…
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The Beautiful Sunrise Today
I knew this would last for only a few seconds before it changed
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Fear to Triumph: My Sipi Falls Abseiling Adventure
I wanted to give up, but it was too late—I had convinced her to do this with me, and I had enlisted two cameramen.
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