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Equipping communities with media tools to get people talking, listening, and taking action to improve local health, well-being and resilience.

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Tana River – a new narrative

November 20, 2024 -

Decades of harmful stereotypes have had an impact on communities in Tana River and the way people view themselves, but a radio station is stepping up to change the narrative.

Opening doors in Sargodha

November 20, 2024 -

Going live on local FM radio, woman and girls from the Roshan Ghar project are creating new opportunities and opening new doors for rural listeners near Sargodha.

What is a speakerbox?

July 24, 2024 -

At Amplifying Voices, we use the term “speakerbox” to talk about a digital audio player with a built in speaker, suitable for group listening for around 10 people.

Going Deeper in India

July 17, 2024 -

As the impact of a community-centred media project among indigenous tribal people in India becomes apparent, the local teams believe it’s time to go deeper.

Amplifying Voices - Projects

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- Zambia -

Simooya Community Radio

Simooya Community Radio, Pemba District Amplifying Voices partnered with the Chibozu Community Trust, an NGO registered in Zambia and the UK, to set up Simooya ...
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- Pakistan -

Bright Home – Nowshera

Rokhane-e-Kore (Bright Home) Amplifying Voices Pakistan is working with local women in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkwa, to create new opportunies for women and young people. ...
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- Uganda -

Soot Semee – Northern Uganda

Misinformation fuels conflict but community engagement fosters trust. Soot Semee is a community-centred media pilot designed by South Sudanese refugees living in resettlement areas in ...
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- India -

Adivasi Voices – Maharashtra

Amplifying Voices is partnering with Seva Social Welfare Foundation to tackle poor health and build resilience in indigenous Adivasi communities. Seva augments their healthcare activities ...

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Amplifying Voices in 2023

Media content - on-air activities

  • Advice & Information

  • Discussions

  • Drama

Exploring themes raised by communities

  • Health promotion

  • Hygiene

  • Children's education

  • Natural resources

  • Displacement

  • Peace-building

  • Women and girls on-air

  • Safeguarding

  • Trauma recovery

Going into communities

  • Listening

  • Engagement

  • Mapping

Supporting off-air activities

  • Vocational skills

  • Savings groups

  • ICT for women and girls

  • Health camps

  • Access to clean water

  • Improving schools

  • Seeds for kitchen gardens

  • Farming cooperatives

Amplifying Voices 2013-2023

Media Mentions

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CDAC Network - Pakistan Flood Response

CDAC Network and Amplifying Voices co-penned a blog post the importance of radio in disaster, based on the AViD (Amplifying Voices in Disaster) response to Pakistan floods in 2022.

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Footsteps by Tearfund Learn

Footsteps magazine focusses on participatory media. There is one article on community-centred media from Amplifying Voices, and a 'how-to' article on community-centred podcasts based on our speakerbox projects

 

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"Let it be as Local as possible"

"Let it be as local as possible" is a quote from Community Development Centre's Barnabas Samuel in the Participation and Local Leadership section of DW Akademies's report on engaging with communities affected by displacement.

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CDAC Network - World Radio Day 2020

CDAC Network hosted a guest blog from Amplifying Voices about the disaster radio response in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai. At the time of posting, we were known as Health Communication Resources (HCR), and were members of a First Response Radio (FRR) network.

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Worthing Herald - Cyclone Idai Report - 2019

Worthing Herald (paper version) published an article about the Cyclone Idai response. At the time of writing we were known as Health Communication Resources (HCR).

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Medium - Alice Stout - 2019

Alice Stout, writing for Medium, reflects on the power of community-centred media following a trip to Maharashtra to document to the work of SEVA Social Welfare Foundation among Adivasi communities.

(Original article published in Liberti Magazine, Summer 2019 Edition)

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UN OCHA - ROSEA - 2019

Rita Maingi from UNOCHA published "Mozambique: A radio programme for women is back on air after Cyclone Idai destroyed the station" referring to our Cyclone Idai response. At the time we were known as Health Communication Resources (HCR) and working as part of a First Response Radio (FRR) network.

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Worthing Herald - 2018

Sussex Express (Worthing Herald) news report on our blog campaign, 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women. (Dec 2018)

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