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"If you go to Katine you can’t help being acutely aware that these are people who are living on a tiny margin between life and death,” says Alan Rusbridger, Guardian editor and the man behind the news organisation's Katine project.
It is the community which the Guardian chose to get involved with and this new three part series – The Katine Chronicles - charts the story of how the Guardian has worked with people in a remote part of Africa and tried to help them improve their lives in a unique and ambitious project.
In October 2007, the Guardian embarked on a three-year project in partnership with the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) and Farm-Africa.
They wanted to document 'development in action' in film and through an interactive website, but has it brought about lasting improvements for the 66 villages that make up Katine? And do those following the story get a different view of how aid and development works in Africa? For more on the Katine project.
Part 1
In the first episode, we learn why the Guardian embarked on the project and meet the people behind the statistics of poverty in Africa. The everyday struggles are documented, whether it's the daily walk for water, the difficulties in running a health centre or the obstacles to getting an education.
We meet Sam Agom, the clinical officer in the main health centre which serves 25,000 people but has no doctor and frequently runs out of drugs. Janet Anyango is an unmarried mother of seven, whose son is desperately ill and whose life takes a tragic turn. And Pius Omoding is a schoolboy who borrows a camera from the Guardian to make a video diary of his day.
Part 2
This episode looks at some of the underlying issues affecting Katine - the impact of war, politics and the relationship between Kampala and this rural constituency, and the importance of women and their role in the community.
Katine is a community living on the edge. We meet Valentine Okoit, a fisherman struggling to make a living from fishing in the swamps around Katine. Robert Erungu is a traditional healer and with eighty per cent of Africans still using traditional healing, he's in demand. And John Epecu who runs the Sunday Club where residents gather to drink Agon, the local millet based beer through straws from a big pot.
Villagers see themselves in the short videos on the Guardian website and understand the importance of the internet to get their story out to a wider world.
Part 3
The final episode looks back at the past year and assesses what progress has been made. Has the £650,000 raised been translated into lasting change.
The Odulai Family - Francis, his two wives Selena and Seraphina and their 18 children - are a good example of the changes taking place. New boreholes providing clean water have made an impact on their daily routine as well as their health. Francis is now on the village health team spreading the word about basic health care and sanitation. And their children are going to the new school.
Independent evaluation specialist Rick Davies and Joshua Kyallo, AMREF country director, give their view on what's been achieved. There are some clear successes but there are also major issues to be resolved.
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