Media for Development International

[3] It stars Jokate Mwegelo, Yusuph Mlela, Ahmed Olotu and Sharo Millionaire "Chumo" was directed by Jordan Riber for the CCP-led Communication and Malaria Initiative in Tanzania (COMMIT), a USAID and PMI-funded project that is working to promote positive behavior around malaria control and prevention.

Chumo has won the grand prize at the Northwest Projections Film Festival in Bellingham, Washington, taking home the coveted Golden Hamster Award.

The Wahapahapa serial drama is a 156 episode weekly radio soap opera produced by MFDI in association with Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, with support from the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the United States Agency for International Development through the US President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief.

[5] The story follows the formation and struggles of a music group from a fictitious town in the heart of Tanzania, and addresses HIV prevention and treatment.

[6] The project involved contemporary musicians from Tanzania such as Lady Jaydee, Banana Zoro, Enika and others together with Tanzanian actress Elizabeth Michael and was directed by Jordan Riber and others.