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Brief Journalism Biography of Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya

Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya is a Sierra Leonean Environmental Journalist borne on the 27th of December 1986. He has been working for the Standard Times Newspaper in Sierra Leone since 2006. At his institution, he writes on the Environment and Tourism. He has made outstanding performance working as development and environmental reporter and journalist. Ishmael has won many outstanding National Media awards including; In 2013, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best Feature reporting on the Environment Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone In 2013, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best Feature reporting on Agriculture Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone In 2013, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best story on Agriculture Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone In 2012, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best Environment Reporting Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone. In 2011, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best Tourism Reporting Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone. In 2010, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya won the Best Environment Reporting Award organized by the Independent Media Commission of Sierra Leone. In 2006, he won the Sierra Leone MDGs writing Award- 3RD place organized by the Taking It Global, Toronto Canada. During the course of reporting on general news and the environment, Ishmael had made impact tremendously by making the government of Sierra Leone to construct hand water tanks in various communities as a result of a story he did on reporting about water crisis in the country. Also, at the Leicester Road community, because he reported a story on the shortage of stream water and the lack of pipe bore water in that community, the success of it was a local NGO dug and constructed 20 water pumps for the community. As an environment reporter, Ishmael is working with the environmental stakeholders in Sierra Leone to ensure the environment is restored of its lost potentials. He is presently the founder and Director of the Sierra Leone Environmental Journalists Association (SLEJA). Ishmael is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, (SLAJ) He is also a founding member of the African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) and also a member of the African Network of Environmental Journalist (ANEJ) and a founding member of the Sierra Leone Chapter of the African Network of Environmental Journalist (ANEJ). Ishmael is also an aspiring member for the Forum of African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) Based on his merit as an environmental reporter, Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya has been commissioned with many reporting and magazine production assignments by the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone, the Welthungerhilfe (WHH) etc. You may contact Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya on Email: kindamadumbuya@yahoo.com or kindamadumbuya@Gmail.com SKYPE: kindamadumbuya Twitter: @kindamadumbuya Mobile: +23276897169