This “Giving Tuesday” (27th November), PayPal will match any donations given to HCR, up to £50,000. At HCR we are passionate about serving communities facing crisis. We are currently working in five countries across three continents with calls to do more… This Tuesday will you consider helping us do more? You can give online using…

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…

We’ve been looking through HCR’s archives and have asked our founder, Dr Ross James, to explain some photos from his time in glasnost Russia.

Dr. Ross James shows workshop participants in Pakistan his shoes, saying,  “If you want to change communities you need to get your shoes dirty.” HCR’s Founder, Dr. Ross James has been nominated for a Curtin University Global Impact Award for ‘outstanding contributions that have enriched the welfare of humanity on an international scale’.  The award, which…

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,…

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.…