“Better than Nestle’s!” – Clean water brings health to Pakistan community
By Jon Hargreaves “You have lost me my business,” health clinic owner, Zahid jokingly tells HCR Pakistan director Hazeen Latif. He was speaking at the opening of the new drinking well in his village, provided by HCR, funded by an Australian church. “Since this well opened three weeks ago,” Zahid says, “I am selling less…
Read MoreThe Yalgoo Emu Cup
By Celeste Larkins We have just arrived back from attending our second Yalgoo Emu Cup. Last year the sun was shining, so much so that one of the Radio MAMA staff members got heatstroke. There was definitely no heat stroke this year! We arrived to rains and a freezing cold wind, but that didn’t stop…
Read MoreMental Health Week
This year Mental Health Week was from 8th-15th of October. During the week communities hold programs and events to raise awareness of mental health, with a focus on suicide prevention. Suicide is a leading cause of death for males and females aged between 15 to 44 in Australia (ABS, 2008). Almost eight Australians take their…
Read MoreHow HCR helped Gorbachev achieve glasnost in the USSR
We’ve been looking through HCR’s archives and have asked our founder, Dr Ross James, to explain some photos from his time in glasnost Russia.
Read MoreHow ‘technology’ has changed
We’ve been looking through HCR’s archives and have asked our founder, Dr Ross James, to explain the story behind photos that mystify us ‘young ‘uns’. By Ross James It comes as something of a shock to walk into a museum and discover something that you used displayed as an historical object. It was 1991. There,…
Read MoreThe HCR family comes together for the first time ever!
HCR Australia was founded in 1993 by Dr Ross James who has extensive knowledge in communication for development. Since then, HCR entities have been established in United Kingdom and Pakistan. Each HCR entity works together towards the common goal of supporting marginalised communities through community-centred media. In the last week of August, for the first…
Read MoreUmoja FM – North Kivu
Torn apart by 20 years of brutal and bloody conflict, North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most violence-stricken parts of the world. In a region with huge economic potential, many armed groups without specific goals regularly engage in fighting – with devastating consequences for the local populations.…
Read MoreA water resource management student gets involved in…radio!
MSc Student, Joseph Thompson has just completed writing up his research which he conducted at HCR’s partner project, Tana FM in Eastern Kenya during June and July. A student of water resource management at Wageningen (Holland) and Copenhagen (Denmark) Universities, Joe’s research addressed the conflict over resources in the region and particularly how the radio…
Read MoreA talented bunch…?
In the Mid West, HCR works primarily with community radio stations and partners who rely on community radio for communication support. HCR has had dealings with the community radio broadcast sector over a number of years because we greatly support the role of community-run radio stations, such as the Mid West Aboriginal Media Association (Radio…
Read MorePeace centre for Kenya’s troubled Tana River
HCR and Canadian-based Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention, are about to set up a “Peace Centre” in the conflicted east Kenyan region of Tana Delta. The centre will be established in the town of Garsen and will serve as a hub to analyse misinformation and rumours, as well as disseminate reliable information and messages…
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