Displaced people

Stories and updates that relate to displaced people.

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Safer to greet

By Johnny Fisher / April 25, 2024

On roads, once too dangerous to travel, people in the South Sudanese district of Morobo are finding it safer to greet strangers again, thanks to Hope Village podcasts.

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From Drought to Deluge: Vox Radio Becomes A Lifeline

By Jon Hargreaves / December 21, 2023

After four years of drought, Vox Radio rallies to become a Lifeline for Tana River County communities which have been devastated by El Niño Floods.

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Connecting people aids trauma recovery

By Johnny Fisher / April 26, 2023

Listeners from the Soot Semee project in Northern Uganda have been helping us to understand how connection can be a key element of trauma recovery.

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Soot Semee raises up new leaders

By Johnny Fisher / March 1, 2023

Audio programmes for South Sudanese refugees are proving instrumental in raising up new community leaders in Omugo Zone, northern Uganda.

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Everyday peace

What does peace look like to you?

By Johnny Fisher / November 23, 2022

Although Soot Semee started off as a peacebuilding project, its programmes don’t stop at conflict prevention. They enable an environment where people can flourish. So what does peace look like for community members?

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Peacebuilding across borders

Peacebuilding across borders

By Johnny Fisher / September 21, 2022

Our partner in South Sudan and Uganda is developing community-centred media projects that promote peace between authorities and local communities, and between host and refugee communities across the borders region.

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Radio programme that dug a new borehole

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / April 14, 2022

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.

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Soot Semee – Two years of building peace

By Johnny Fisher / March 22, 2022

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.

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Podcasts replace isolation in Uganda

By Johnny Fisher / February 21, 2022

The Soot Semee team in Uganda, work hard to create podcasts to bring people together, fighting the isolation experienced by many refugees from South Sudan…

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Promoting peace as election tension rises

By Jon Hargreaves / January 17, 2022

With the threat of violence ahead of Kenya’s election this year, the team at Amani FM in Tana River is working hard to promote peace

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