Posts by Jon Hargreaves
A ‘New Dawn’ for Volleyball in Pakistan
When it comes to community empowerment, service providers often look at what resources and strengths THEY have and what THEY can do to meet community needs. But it is too easy to overlook what the community already has, to meet its own needs, even among poor and marginalised communities. As a core value of HCR,…
Read MoreVillage Gets a New Voice
It’s hard to find many places on the planet today that don’t have access to some form of media. However in remote parts of India’s Maharashtra state, many indigenous tribal or Adivasi communities don’t have access to radio, television or even mobile ‘phones. Many can’t read.
It’s for that reason that Amplifying Voices, in partnership with Seva Social Welfare Foundation, has begun a project to distribute “speaker boxes” with content that will transform lives.
Read MoreGetting down to business in Africa
There is an old proverb that says, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” At Amplifying Voices we’ve come to realise that if we really want to help alleviate poverty, we need to go even further – we…
Read MoreStories Promote Peace in Eastern Kenya
“I never realised how the Orma people came to be in this region of Kenya,” said a retired teacher from Tana River, “but since I started hearing their stories on the radio, I have begun to understand them better.” The man, from a rival community, was responding to a series of cultural programmes he had…
Read MoreVox Radio, Tana River
In an effort to prevent further violent conflict in eastern Kenya’s Tana River County, Amplifying Voices partnered with the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention to set up a peacebuiding radio station to promote peace, health and social development among the communities of the region. The station went to air ahead of the 2017 polls and…
Read MoreA Voice For Peace in Troubled Mindanao
By Ross James and Jon Hargreaves Amidst the turmoil on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, following clashes between government forces and Islamic militants, a voice for peace continues to ring out. Radio Gandingan, an HCR-supported community-centred radio project, is providing critical information to residents and displaced people from Marawi city, where the fighting first…
Read MoreCall for peacebuilding radio station ahead of Kenya’s election
By Jon Hargreaves With just over four months until Kenya goes to the polls amidst concerns that there will be election-related violence, HCR (now known as Amplifying Voices) is exploring the feasibility of a new radio station in eastern Kenya’s Tana Delta. Last year we partnered with the Sentinel Project to set up a peace…
Read MoreGot my confidence back!
On 26th February, Hazeen Latif, Director of HCR in Pakistan visited Charsadda to present a refresher course for a previous radio group who were trained in 2014. The meeting was held at the residence of Asad Ullah, an active community member and a certificate holder of the HCR Radio Skills Training Workshop. The content of…
Read MoreDisaster Response Radio training in Pakistan
Following the Asia Tsunami and numerous earthquakes in Pakistan, radio broadcasters have come to see the need for a fast, disaster-response radio plan to assist in recovery from a disaster. Based on these experiences, HCR worked with broadcasters to develop the programme now used by the First Response Radio Network (FRR) which includes training in…
Read More“Better than Nestle’s!” – Clean water brings health to Pakistan community
By Jon Hargreaves “You have lost me my business,” health clinic owner, Zahid jokingly tells HCR Pakistan director Hazeen Latif. He was speaking at the opening of the new drinking well in his village, provided by HCR, funded by an Australian church. “Since this well opened three weeks ago,” Zahid says, “I am selling less…
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