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This document has purposefully reduced the contribution of Mediae who were contracted to write the scripts, identify and employ all the Ugandans who subsequently worked on the production. It was Mediae who secured the funding from Ford Foundation to support the production. The small UK team were all employed by Mediae and they consisted of the Producer of the whole production, Script Editor, Directors x 2, cameraman and Soundman. In addition we identified and the trainees and all the actors and principal crew and employed further key production members from Kenya including Lighting, engineers, Make up and continuity.
There were a few employees working on the production employed by John Hoppkins but none as the principal crew or in any creative position.
Media ran the script writing exercise and provided the key inputs to creating the finailsed edited scripts despite Johns Hopkins advisors who had no idea what was needed. Mediae employed and managed the principal production team and were contracted to Write the scripts, Produce the videos including Filming and Editing the videos and produce the final video series. We were responsible for the entire edit, music, and final graphics. It is completely dishonest and frankly inexcusable for John Hopkins to represent the work as their own and to minimise the work of many others who were actually responsible for 90% of the production activity . To say the Mediae company "also particiupated in the production" is ridiculous. Mediae was responsible and contracted to Write, Produce and Deliver the whole series for John Hopkins.

Finally it was only through our efforts that a new NGO managed by trainees we trained are now making quality video using equipment and funds provided by Ford for the Centre 4 series.

We would request a letter of correction please before you proceed any further and we would wish to agree wording on publicity material if you intend to continue misrepresenting Mediae's extensive contribution to Centre 4 and in support of Johns Hopkins

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