Radio

This page lists posts in which we talk about partners and communities using radio as an outlet for community-centred media content.

Vox Radio interview

Tana River – a new narrative

By Jon Hargreaves / November 20, 2024

Decades of harmful stereotypes have had an impact on communities in Tana River and the way people view themselves, but a radio station is stepping up to change the narrative.

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Simooya Community Radio

By Amplifying Voices / October 16, 2024

Simooya Community Radio, Pemba District Amplifying Voices partnered with the Chibozu Community Trust, an NGO registered in Zambia and the UK, to set up Simooya Community Radio station which went…

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Marwari women in a sewing class

Bright Home – Cholistan

By Amplifying Voices / July 16, 2024

Amplifying Voices Pakistan supports communities in Cholistan to set up vocational skills centres integrated with community-centred media.

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a woman planting seeds

Amplifying with care

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / July 16, 2024

Amplifying Voices Pakistan promotes change at a pace that allows time for long-held cultural norms to adapt. Through Bright Home groups, they’re finding a care-filled approach to amplifying voices is paying dividends for positive change.

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Going on air in a drought

Going on air in a drought

By Johnny Fisher / April 25, 2024

Simooya Community Radio is now on air on 94.3 FM. What has made it worth putting effort into getting a new community radio station on air, when villagers are suffering from a severe drought?

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Transforming life in the village

By Johnny Fisher / January 4, 2024

In Zambia’s Southern Province, “in the village” is a euphemism for isolation and lack. People don’t want “in the village” to always have connotations of poverty. Simooya community hopes that the new radio station will help villagers experience “fullness of life” instead.

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Mother and baby in village

A new community radio station for Southern Zambia

By Johnny Fisher / September 8, 2023

Pemba district, one of few places in Southern Zambia without local radio, is ready for a new community radio station. Amplifying Voices and our partners are ready too.

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Vox Studio Kenya

Vox Radio Goes Regional

By Jon Hargreaves / September 7, 2023

After months of planning, Vox Radio is now live from Minjilla and also relaying to central Tana River from the regional capital, Hola. Meanwhile the launch of a new ICT initiative for the region is attracting national attention.

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Community meeting North Kivu

“The Radio gives us security”

By Jon Hargreaves / September 6, 2023

During a recent visit to North Kivu, communities told us how Umoja FM has been a lifeline for them during war and crises, while the team prepares for the next phase of the project.

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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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