Using Technology to Tackle Teen Pregnancies
HCR partner station Amani FM in eastern Kenya’s Tana River, has launched a major campaign to tackle underage pregnancy. According to Station Manager, Harriet Atyang, “Tana River County is among the four worst hit counties with this menace and is one of the major reasons it performs so poorly in the national exams.” Over the…
Read MoreLet’s start a business, to end poverty
“Tuanze Biashara” is Swahili for “Let’s Start a Business”, a poverty alleviation project integrating a community radio station, social media, training workshops and a savings and loan association. See how this innovative micro-enterprise project is lifting people in eastern Kenya’s Tana River County out of poverty.
Read MoreMerry Christmas and Happy New Year
All of us at HCR wish you and your families a joyous time over Christmas and New Year. Thank you for your continued support. We are looking forward to what the New Year will bring, with new and different opportunities to continue to help marginalised communities around the world.
Read More“Even I Can Start a Business!”
I’d like to introduce you to Flora and Hadiya, two budding Kenyan entrepreneurs who really mean business. In the absence of finding jobs and struggling to make ends meet, these two delightful ladies never thought they’d be able to start a business. That was until Amplifying Voices (then working as HCR) in collaboration with Aid…
Read MoreThe stories of women and girls matter
Day 16 of #16DaysofActivism Gender based violence is a multi-faceted issue and can encompass physical, sexual, economic, cultural and emotional mistreatment based on a person’s gender. Among the root causes of gender-based violence are existing social norms and the imbalance of power between men and women. Gender roles are learnt through socialisation beginning in early childhood and can limit what we think we can do, who we think we are and who we think we can be. Societies with rigid gender roles often deny women…
Read MorePromoting safer communities for young girls
Day 15 of #16DaysofActivism The Amplifying Voices Project was set up in 2015 as a collaborative venture between HCR (now known as Amplifying Voices), Feba UK and the Believers Broadcasting Network (BBN), a Christian radio station in Freetown. BBN forms multi-stakeholder teams with partners including churches and local health clinics to visit people in their…
Read MoreImproving the lives of street living children
Day 14 of #16DaysofActivism Any form of abuse leaves scars. A few years ago I participated in some focus group meetings with street living children, aged from 6 years to 16 years, to explore starting a radio project for Feba UK for these children in Kinshasa, DR Congo. It was particularly difficult to get street living girls to participate but we where able to include a small group of teenage girls. I…
Read MoreHelping women and girls in Kenya
Day 13 of #16DaysofActivism Combatting gender-based violence can take courage, sensitivity and wisdom. I met Mary*, an ordained minister working in a rural area in Kenya, who showed all of these qualities in her work to help women and girls. In this particular area of Kenya, the challenges facing families include limited access to food and water, and high levels…
Read MoreStigma – a personal perspective!
Let’s face it, India doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to valuing women! We rank 174th out of 189 on the gender inequality index. As the leader of a small NGO I can tell you, it’s a man’s world and I have to work very hard to make my voice heard!
Read More“Someone must stand up and speak”
Day 11 of #16DaysofActivism This year the UK celebrated 100 years of women being able to vote. Before that democracy was interpreted to mean “rule by the men” rather than “rule by the people”. This development has been repeated over and over again. Women around the world are be able to participate fully and equally in…
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