Speakerbox
This page lists posts in which we talk about partners and communities using speakerboxes as an outlet for community-centred media content.
A speakerbox is portable digital audio player with a slot for a microSD (Transflash) memory card. Project teams produce community-centred podcasts, formatted as MP3 files which are stored on microSD cards and distributed to the listener group leaders responsible the speakerboxes.
Manda, who listens regularly to Adivasi Voices speakerbox programmes, started a new home-based business venture putting into action the learning she gained from the programmes. Manda’s new flour mill provides income for her family and is having a ripple effect around her community.
Like a growing number of young people in rural Pakistan, Sarah has a smartphone. As is also the case for many young people, her smartphone has not always been good for her mental health.
Our partner, Amplifying Voices Pakistan is working with a Bagri community in a village near Sakkar Rohi, to create new opportunies for women and young people. Bright Home is a project that integrates community-centred media with vocational skills classes and other off-air activities.
A tree planting campaign, started on radio, could have far-reaching consequences for gender, climate, and peace in Morobo County, South Sudan.
As the impact of a community-centred media project among indigenous tribal people in India becomes apparent, the local teams believe it’s time to go deeper.
Amplifying Voices Pakistan supports communities in Cholistan to set up vocational skills centres integrated with community-centred media.
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.
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.
Hope Village, Morobo Communities in South Sudan-Uganda border regions (Yei, Morobo, Lainya) are affected by refugees returning to South Sudan, and through internal migration of cattle herders after several years…
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.