Social Dialogue

In community-centred media we talk about 5 tasks of media – Information, Education, Dialogue, Advocacy and Entertainment. The following stories describe projects promoting learning and consensus-building through Community Dialogue.

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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Adivasi community dancing

Connecting Communities

By Jon Hargreaves / June 3, 2023

After hearing many of each other’s stories over speakerboxes, remote Adivasi communities in Maharashtra met each other for the first time to share remarkable stories of transformation.

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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 drama example

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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Footsteps shared learning magazine

Footsteps to shared learning

By Johnny Fisher / May 27, 2022

Tearfund invited Amplifying Voices to share some of our learning in the May 2022 edition of Footsteps, a shared learning magazine with a broad readership among community development practitioners.

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Protecting social connections with media

Protecting social connections in Western Australia

By Johnny Fisher / April 13, 2022

With their base in Western Australia, where COVID has only recently arrived in any scale, our sister organisation, Health Communication Resources (HCR) has quickly adapted to the new restrictions, supporting their community to keep vital social connections alive.

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Peacebuilding media workshop participants with certificates

Launching peacebuilding media in Yei

By Johnny Fisher / April 12, 2022

Johnny and Anthony (from Community Development Centre, Uganda), supported community members in Yei River County to develop skills and plans for launching a peacebuilding media initiative. The conflict situation is very complex …

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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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fighting isolation in settlement camps

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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Hazeen facilitates media training

A unique light in the community

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / February 20, 2022

Irshad – the motorbike light guy, attends a community-centred media workshop in Charsadda. He sees the potential for more light…

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