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.
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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Being aware of your rights is irrelevant if you don’t have the power to exercise them. This is often the case for marginalised groups, and this is certainly the experience of an Adivasi lady called Mirabai…
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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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Amplifying Voices Pakistan supports communities in Sargodha to set up vocational skills centres integrated with community-centred media.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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