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.
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.
An unusual cricket match launches a mobile phone app for bonded labourers from Adivasi villages in Maharashtra to help free them from bondage.
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…
Our partners in India have come up with the idea of developing an innovative app that tackles the widespread problem of bonded labour.
Election time can be a tense time. Soot Semee podcasts helped encourage participation while also promoting peace during the elections.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…