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Author Biography: Raquel Fletcher

Raquel Fletcher is a fourth-year journalism student at the University of Regina School of Journalism. She is currently the co-president of the Journalists for Human Rights Regina chapter. Fletcher, 21, contributed to the local newspaper, the Regina Leader Post "Minus 20" column during high school and to the Carillon, the U of R student paper for the past four years. She currently sits on the Carillon board of directors. Fletcher interned as a videojournalist at CTV Regina for three months and now works there as the weekend reporter. She aspires to be a news anchor.

Ivorian refugee seeks to be reunited with father in Canada

In Blog, Uncategorized, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher April 4, 2012
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For Rita Josiane Bole and her ten-year-old daughter, fleeing the war in Cote D’Ivoire did not mean they would find peace. Like thousands of other Ivorians now at the Ampain Refugee Camp in western Ghana, life outside of the conflict zone is equally as hard. Sitting in the restaurant, where we’ve met in Takoradi, Bole [...]

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One little voice – a journalist defends the environment, champions human rights

In Blog, Uncategorized, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher October 24, 2011
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Christian Baidoo was still a student when villagers from his community, Assorku Essaman, decided to chop down an ancient Brokofi tree, believing it harboured witches, incarnate in owls that were bringing misfortune to the village. “Such trees actually need to be protected. I see people in this community don’t give such relevance to trees. They [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Environment, Ghana, Oil Industry, PEF, Trees

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Right to safe drinking water: a challenge in rural Ghana

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher July 29, 2011
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Western Region has the lowest rural potable water coverage in the country. Just coming through rainy season, it’s a surprising fact, but a reality some know all too well. By their best estimates, residents in North Kwesimintsim, a neighbourhood in Takoradi, say their community hasn’t had access to safe drinking water for nearly ten years. [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, clean drinking water, PEF, potable water, Right to safe drinking water, rural communities

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Ancestors believe dirty pond is blessed in Kejebril

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Raquel Fletcher July 29, 2011
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“The river is like a mother to us,” says one woman in the Kejebril Market. Residents of Kejebril, a small farming community in the Ahanta West District, believe their local pond is from their ancestors. There are three boreholes in the town, but they prefer fetching water from the pond to carry out their domestic [...]

Tagged as: Ancestral l belief, boreholes, CIDA, PEF, tree god, unsafe drinking water, wells

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Ghana oil industry impacts environment and tourism at Axim Beach Resort

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by Raquel Fletcher July 28, 2011
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Axim Beach Resort hasn’t seen an increase in tourists yet, but like many resorts along the coast of Western Region, they are preparing to draw in more visitors, as oil is drawing more people to the region. “We’re expecting that people will be coming more, since people will be exploring,” says Solomon Alloteuy, the assistant [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Environment, Oil, Oil Industry, Oil Spills, PEF, Tourism

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A Labour of Love

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by Raquel Fletcher July 22, 2011
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There is no closing time at Skyy FM. Reporters work until the work is done and sometimes that means twelve hour days and weekends. This issue was brought up last week in one of our editorial meetings. A practicum student just out of high school has been coming to our eight o’clock meetings and staying [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, journalism, lack of resources, PEF, SKYY

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Ivorians Seek Refugee Status in Ghana

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by Raquel Fletcher July 22, 2011

June 20th marked World Refugee Day. But thousands of Ivorians at the Ampain refugee camp in Ghana have not yet been given that status.  They hope to change that.  Raquel Fletcher has prepared this radio report for SKYY Digital. Ivorian Aslyum Seekers at Ampain Refugee Camp For more info on education at Ampain read Alyssa McDonald’s, [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, PEF, World Refugee Day

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Burning rubber at slaughterhouse smokes out health centre

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by Raquel Fletcher July 20, 2011
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Residents of New Takoradi are sick of breathing in toxic smoke coming from burning tires in the neighbourhood’s open slaughterhouse. The smell of manure and burnt rubber is debilitating, especially now that it’s rainy season. “Right now if it rains, the stench from that place, the smell, you cannot even sit here to work,” says [...]

Tagged as: burning tires, CIDA, PEF, Slaughterhouse

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Vandals Defecate in Classroom

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by Raquel Fletcher June 23, 2011

Students at Inchaban D/A Primary and Nursery School arrived to class Monday morning to find their classroom scattered with human excreta. “I feel so bad and I feel so dirty too,” says a basic four student. Classes were postponed while the students cleaned up the mess. “When I came, I saw feces all around the [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, education, PEF

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Bodies Buried in Nature Reserve

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by Raquel Fletcher June 21, 2011

The caretaker is telling us he’s seen bodies buried on Monkey Hill. This is a different story than I thought I was covering. Several days ago, my media house received a tip that someone was interested in turning Monkey Hill, Ghana’s largest eco-tourism site and nature reserve in the middle of a city, into a [...]

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