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

New Name for a Trusted Voice

By Jon Hargreaves / July 18, 2022

This morning thousands of radio listeners woke up in eastern Kenya’s Tana River County to a new sound, as the presenter cheerfully announced,  “Habari Tana River, you’re listening to Vox Radio. The name may be new, but this is a trusted friend…

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Radio drama in Sierra Leone

By Johnny Fisher / June 21, 2022

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. 

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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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Amani FM

Amani FM – Changing the Narrative

By Jon Hargreaves / March 20, 2022

As Kenya moves towards a high-stakes election, the team at Amani FM in Tana River is challenging some of the narratives that are fuelling tension.

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Presenter Umoja FM

A trusted friend in times of conflict

By Jon Hargreaves / February 22, 2022

Can you really forgive people who have committed terrible acts of violence? A learning review from the DRC, shows how Umoja FM has become a trusted friend in a time of conflict…

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Listener to radio

Radio: The One to Watch

By Jon Hargreaves / February 1, 2022

As our team explores new community radio opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa this month, we’re convinced that radio remains the single most powerful medium for community development in the region.

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pashtun women in a sewing class

Bright Home – Nowshera

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / October 28, 2021

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

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Kawale community workshop

Workshopping remotely in Malawi

By Johnny Fisher / August 25, 2021

On Thursday 12 August, we held a remote community workshop with partners Hope for Relief and Community Development Network (CDN) in Chitipa, Malawi. This is our first experience of starting…

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Family listening to educational radio programmes in Kenya

Radio supports digital learning in Kenya

By Jon Hargreaves / April 29, 2021

Adopting technology for learning is attractive in the digital era. It gives a sense that we are changing the old for the new. But technology itself is not transformative. Education technology is…

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A young woman walks alone in a district in Freetown, going to a water source. Sierra Leone

Sierra Leoneans prevail through Covid isolation

By Alice Stout / March 13, 2021

Social distancing – a term that most of us were unfamiliar with pre-2020. These days, we can hardly have a conversation without mentioning it. Though it is essential to keep…

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