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.
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…
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.
Soot Semee podcasts are proving their value, as more and more community members are finding ways to access the podcasts.
“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…
Soot Semee is helping refugee communities in Northern Uganda to protect children at risk. A large child protection NGO has been working with Soot Semee volunteers to help community members recognise abuse and know how to report it.
Despite Covid-19, Amplifying Voices’ partner, Community Development Centre, Uganda (CDC) continues to bring communities together. CDC’s Soot Semee project uses community-centred podcasts to overcome physical distancing challenges caused by the…
In a world suffering from too many strong people using their strength to enforce their will on others, its really exciting to find this Pakistani youth group who are using…
This is Refugee Week. In Northern Uganda, refugee voices are at forefront of the battle against the problems Covid-19 brings to their communities. We heard about some places where the…
Just over a week ago, the Soot Semee team in Northern Uganda handed out first Soot Semee podcasts on memory cards to a community of South Sudanese refugees. At the…
It can’t be done! How often do you hear this said? What does it stir up in you? Disappointment? Or determination? “It can’t be done” is a phrase the New…