Amani FM

Stories and updates about the Amani FM project in Tana Delta, Kenya. More recent stories can be found under the tag for Vox Radio

Carpet talk

By Jon Hargreaves / December 2, 2018

Day 8 of #16DaysofActivism “Gender inequality exists throughout Kenya, but it’s particularly bad in this part of the country,” says Harriet Atyang, the manager of HCR partner station Amani FM in Tana…

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‘I am a resource for peace!’

By Jon Hargreaves / November 29, 2018

Day 5 of #16DaysofActivism Radio Amani was launched in the conflict prone area of Tana Delta in the summer of 2017, ahead of the parliamentary elections in Kenya.  The purpose…

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Hancy Funana

Getting down to business in Africa

By Jon Hargreaves / May 1, 2018

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…

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Stories Promote Peace in Eastern Kenya

By Jon Hargreaves / November 26, 2017

“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…

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Call for peacebuilding radio station ahead of Kenya’s election

By Jon Hargreaves / March 15, 2017

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…

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