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.
Election time can be a tense time. Soot Semee podcasts helped encourage participation while also promoting peace during the elections.
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In the photo you can see one of our favourite community-centred media training themes – “make your shoes dirty” – meaning – get out of the studio and spend time…
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When we work in and with communities, one of our animating principles is: “Start with what’s strong, not with what’s wrong,” which, by the way is the subject of a…
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Barnabas Samuel is Programmes Manager for Community Development Centre in Uganda, our partner leading the Soot Semee project. Among his many talents, Barnabas is also a singer/ songwriter and he…
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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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For many years Sangeetha has suffered from coughing and shortness of breath, like many of her friends in Kahandol village in central Maharashtra. During a medical camp last year, Doctor…
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The news from Seva, our partner in Maharashtra, India, is that despite Covid-19 spreading rapidly even in the most remote Adivasi villages, communities that have speakerboxes programmes are resisting the…
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Rose owns a shop in Omugo 4 refugee settlement in Uganda. It’s a place where people exchange news. Her ‘talking shop’ has just had an upgrade.
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Soot Semee podcasts are proving their value, as more and more community members are finding ways to access the podcasts.
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“It’s the most important public health message that is now becoming famous all over Nashik,” Shilpa told me, as they placed more speakerboxes in clinics across the city at the…
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