Award winning journalist Roselyne Sachiti is scribbling another adventure to the United States of America where she and other 29 participants from Zimbabwe will be part of the 500 young African leaders taking part in the Mandela Washington Fellowship.
In line with her fellowship, Roselyne will spend six weeks at the University of Virginia, Presidential Precinct, College of William and Mary where she “hopes to exchange ideas and collaborate with other fellows, scholars and resource people on different issues during in class university lectures, cultural activities and community engagement.”
Roselyne views the opportunity as “an opportunity for professional growth and development through the various networking, mentorship and learning platforms.”
Through cultural exchanges, the fellowship also offers an opportunity to tell the positive stories about Africa. Africa is not one country as many think and it is not all about doom and gloom.”
Roselyne works as Features Editor at Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) which she joined in 2002 as a junior reporter, rising through the ranks through her professional writing skills and desire to grow in the profession.
Throughout her journalism career, Roselyne has won several local and international awards. Her accolades include the acclaimed ICOM international award for women issues which she received two years ago. The award honors writing efforts that bring to light the plight of women in different parts of the world, exposing the violation of women’s rights, which are fundamental rights of all human beings.
A strong believer in the power of mentoring, she says learning never stops and sees the United States sojourn as one such opportunity. In 2012, she participated in the Women Journalists Mentoring Programme where she graduated and mentored two young female journalists under the same initiative.
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Roselyne is also a 2014 Champion for Family Planning under the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Joining Voices Campaign, an advocacy project that aims to safeguard and strengthen financial commitments to reproductive health and family planning, and reinforce political leadership on universal access. Roselyne is also a board member of the National Cancer Alliance of Zimbabwe.
Upon her return from the fellowship Roselyne hopes to “expand my scope on women and child rights and other areas of development and bring out their plight, interventions and successes.”
Roselyne is a holder of a diploma in Journalism. Follow her MWF experience on twitter @roselynesachiti
