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Radio drama in Sierra Leone
By Johnny Fisher |
Welcome to Saltville – the Freetown neighbourhood setting for a new 15-episode radio drama, based on community household visits and designed to stimulate wider conversations around living with Covid19 in Sierra Leone.
Ting-listening in Yumbe
By Johnny Fisher |
The Ting character illustrates a whole-person way of listening that we aim for with our partners. In this audio blog, Barnabas describes Ting-listening in action in Uganda.
Listen – then listen again
By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif |
In a village in Pakistan, we recently heard this story that highlights the importance of iterative listening when engaging with communities. And after listening to come back and listen again …
Breaking the Poverty Trap
By Amy Hargreaves (Guest contributor) |
Amy gains a deeper understanding of some of India’s indigenous tribal people, the Adivasis, and the complex challenges that stand in the way of their health and wellbeing, including the remarkable story of a young couple set free from bonded labour.
Football Brings Women Peacemakers Together
By Fatma Mzee (Guest Contributor) |
Organised and broadcast live on Tana River’s Amani FM for Mothers Day, a women’s football tournament has not only proved hugely popular, it enabled women to take a lead in promoting peaceful engagement ahead of August’s elections.
World Maternal Mental Health Day
By Amplifying Voices |
HCR (Australia) support a new project, launched on World Maternal Mental Health Day 2022, parents record messages for Facebook and local station, Radio MAMA.
Radio programme that dug a new borehole
By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif |
When radio programmes highlighted an isolated community’s struggles to access fresh water, a local donor stepped in, wanting to assist as part of her Ramadan preparations, so that the community could to drill a new borehole.
Protecting social connections in Western Australia
By Johnny Fisher |
With their base in Western Australia, where COVID has only recently arrived in any scale, our sister organisation, Health Communication Resources (HCR) has quickly adapted to the new restrictions, supporting their community to keep vital social connections alive.
Launching peacebuilding media in Yei
By Johnny Fisher |
Johnny and Anthony (from Community Development Centre, Uganda), supported community members in Yei River County to develop skills and plans for launching a peacebuilding media initiative. The conflict situation is very complex …
Soot Semee – Two years of building peace
By Johnny Fisher |
Johnny makes his first face to face visit with Soot Semee since Covid started, joining a special event in northern Uganda to celebrate two years of building peace in Omugo 4 village.