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Welcome, Karibu! 😁

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Hello, greetings from Manila, Philippines!

Welcome to my website. I trust you are so excited, just as I am. Shimbo Pastory is my name, and I am a Tanzanian social development advocate, researcher and whistleblower who has been using the print media as an avenue for good societal cause.
With over 200 published articles on social issues featuring in reputable publications, my motivation remains to be the aspiration that Tanzanian and African societies advance in social justice, empowerment, inclusion, and emancipation of the people.

INTERVIEW | Against all odds: The Success Story of Tanzanian Hadija Jilala (PhD) who lives with a physical disability

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Hadija Jilala (PhD) shares her life journey as a person with disability. She sees her success as a platform to help people with disabilities rise to their feet and live happily and productively. The pdf copy of this article is found underneath the page for perusal and download.

Tshala Muana to be remembered for the lyrics we understand

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Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper – Tanzania on 13th of December, 2022 As generations evolve, art tends to evolve as well. The different tributaries of art are all affected differently. Some changes will pass for growth or improvement while others will easily be seen as regress. With ease of technology, … Read more

How ‘cameras in school buses’ proposal is received online

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The fact that being trusted to undertake responsibilities without being watched has repeatedly proved not to work necessitates the need to bring in a way of ‘watching’ and keeping record of the movements of service providers who work directly with children in their respective facilities.

Certificate: Identifying Trustworthy Sources on Health Topics and Evaluating Health Studies | Agence France-Presse (AFP) & Google News Initiative

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This course ‘Identifying Trustworthy Sources on Health Topics’ offered by Agence France-Presse (AFP) in collaboration with the Google News Initiative helped me to sharpen my journalism skills in tackling health matters. The health sector is one among the sectors that are mostly affected by consiracy theories and fake news. It is thus paramount for quality … Read more

Need for educative child right respecting social policy

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The World Children’s Day which is marked annually on 20th November, has been celebrated for the sixty-eighth time since its first observance, with a theme: ‘Inclusion for every child.’ In rthis analytic discourse we establish new ways to make inclusion more visible and practical as a social empowerment initiative.

FIFA World Cup prompts need for diversified identity education

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Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper – Tanzania on November 20, 2022. With the biggest sports tournament in the world, the FIFA World Cup coming to its close in Qatar, there are a lot of lessons for the future. Discourses of quality sportsmanship that the 32 participant teams have displayed in … Read more

World Diabetes Day | Insulin at 100: Is Diabetes Management Promising?

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Diabetes has been responsible for at least $966 billion in health expenditure in 2021 which is 9% of the global total spent on healthcare. There is a need for global action to promote the importance of taking coordinated and concerted actions to confront diabetes as a critical global health issue.