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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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Listening Opens a Door to Hope

September 23, 2026 -

Once silenced by cultural barriers and isolation, one young woman’s life was transformed when someone took the time to truly listen. Discovered through an intentional community listening process, her quiet voice sparked a personal transformation. Discover how listening opens doors.

The SALT effect in Tana River: Unlocking Community Wisdom

July 15, 2026 -

What if the solutions to a community’s greatest challenges are already hidden within its people? In Tana River, Vox Radio is turning traditional development on its head. Discover how a simple shift in listening is sparking a powerful grassroots movement.

Ingredients for a home-based business success

June 1, 2026 -

Manda, who listens regularly to Adivasi Voices speakerbox programmes, started a new home-based business venture putting into action the learning she gained from the programmes. Manda’s new flour mill provides income for her family and is having a ripple effect around her community.

Getting about with Gaza transportation

June 1, 2026 -

Gaza has dropped out of the news recently. Daily life continues. As people strive to survive, Radio Insan asks local people to share experiences of what works and what doesn’t with Gaza public transport.

Amplifying Voices - Projects

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- DRC -

Umoja FM – North Kivu

Torn apart by 20 years of brutal and bloody conflict, North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most ...
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- Palestine -

Humanitarian Radio (Palestine)

Amplifying Voices and partners, Rapid Response Radio and Transformational, are working with UNICEF to establish a humanitarian FM radio station in Palestine. The Humanitarian Radio ...
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Radio MAMA – WA Mid West

Radio MAMA is an Indigenous broadcaster based in three rural and remote locations in Western Australia’s Mid West. Radio MAMA and HCR strengthen community engagement ...
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Amplifying Voices in Disaster

Amplifying Voices in Disaster - Goal That community voices play a central role in humanitarian responses, and communities recover quickly from disaster, growing in confidence, ...

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Media Mentions

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.

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)

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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