Posts by Health Communication Resources
Reflecting on Reconciliation Week
Reconciliation week is one of great importance, for both Indigenous (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) and non-Indigenous Australians. The biggest milestone for reconciliation was the 1967 referendum, where an overwhelming amount of the non-Indigenous population voted ‘Yes’ to the end of official discrimination and the promise of full and equal citizenship. This was a…
Read MoreTune back in time to the wireless
By Celeste Larkins Did you listen to the radio when you were a child? If so, what did you listen to? Did you tune in for the music, or was it the dramas, or sports coverage? Dane and I had the privilege of being taken back to a time where radio in Australia was the…
Read MoreFood scientists in Pakistan impressed with HCR’s community-centred radio model
An international conference in Pakistan has heard HCR explain how community-centred radio programming can help support sustainable development. International scientists gathered to report on sustainable crop technology at the “Scientists for Sustainability” forum in Islamabad, which was organized by the Lok Sanjh Foundation (LSF) and the Rural Business Development Center. HCR Pakistan Director, Hazeen Latif, was invited to deliver a paper about HCR’s…
Read MoreBipolar: A lived experience from diagnosis to recovery
By Celeste Larkins Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. It is estimated that 45% of Australians will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. In any one year, around one million Australian adults have depression, and over two million have anxiety. The odds are high that during our lifetime we will be affected…
Read MorePapua New Guinea to Perth
By Celeste Larkins For a week in February, HCR had the greatest pleasure of training a lovely young gentleman, Sidney, from the Tari province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Sidney has been involved in the set-up of the community radio station Hela FM, under the guidance of HCR Board Member, Martin Gould. Finally,…
Read MoreRadio MAMA provides emergency information for Carnarvon community affected by Cyclone Olwyn
Tropical Cyclone Olwyn has decimated many banana plantations in Carnarvon, WA (Picture: ABC News, Doriana Mangili) Last Friday the 13th of March, people living in Perth, Western Australia were bracing for strong weather warnings predicted over the weekend caused by Cyclone Olwyn. Geraldton was on Yellow Alert Friday evening after the cyclone tore through Exmouth causing…
Read MoreNepal’s “Our” FM praised by government
Federal politicians and local officials have offered high praise for Afno (“Our”) FM at the station’s sixth anniversary celebration in Okhaldhunga, north east Nepal. Project manager Vijay Manandhar said “We made history in Okhaldhunga when four members of parliament, the chief army officer, the chief of police officer and other political leaders visited the station.…
Read MorePeace Building in Tana Delta, Kenya
The Tana Delta in Kenya has for decades been the scene of violent conflict between two ethnic groups, the dominant Ormo who are nomadic cattle-herders, and the Pokomo, who are farmers. This news article from last year, speaks of the violence which plagues this region. This month Jon Hargreaves and Alex Stout (HCR UK) traveled…
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