Off-air activities

This page lists posts in which we describe interaction between On-Air and Off-Air activities within community-centred media projects.

In this context, off-air activities are activities of local service providers or community members which inspire, reinforce, and/ or respond to the media content. You may also be interested in posts tagged Service Provider.

A more detailed explanation and a subset of this list of posts can also be seen on our Approach page

Adivasi women filling water pitchers

The Power of Ubuntu

By Jon Hargreaves / March 2, 2023

A remote village in Maharashtra, India, comes together in the spirit of ‘ubuntu’ to resolve a crippling water crisis.

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Man standing before group

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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Interview with addition district commissioner

Amplifying Voices in the Pakistan floods

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / September 20, 2022

Amplifying Voices Pakistan responded to the Pakistan floods by supporting communities in KPK near Charsadda and near Nowshera. This was our first deployment of an Amplifying Voices in Disaster (AViD) response.

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Seeds for India

Sowing Seeds in India

By Jon Hargreaves / August 19, 2022

Inspired by a speakerbox programme to cultivate a kitchen garden, Hiram started sharing his seed with his neighbours. The result was inspirational…

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women in vocational skills class

Vocational skills pave the way

By Johnny Fisher / August 18, 2022

This week, women from a minority community in Punjab started a series of workshops teaching sewing skills to other women and girls. At the end of the first day, participants…

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Cup Winners Tana River

Football Brings Women Peacemakers Together

By Fatma Mzee (Guest Contributor) / May 27, 2022

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.

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new borehole

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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Dancing to celebrate two years of building peace

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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Cricket

Cricket match brings hope for bonded labourers

By Jon Hargreaves / March 21, 2022

An unusual cricket match launches a mobile phone app for bonded labourers from Adivasi villages in Maharashtra to help free them from bondage.

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