10th Anniversary for Syban program
The tenth anniversary for Syban program was on the 11th of May. Syban Radio program was launched in Pakistan by Feba Pakistan in 2006 as a response to the devastating Muzaffarabad earthquake in late 2005, where 80 000 died and an estimated 4 million others left homeless. Various government agencies in Pakistan had asked HCR…
Read MoreIt’s National Youth Week, so why should we celebrate the youth of this nation?
By Celeste Larkins The youth of Australia are important to society and its functioning. They are our next generation of tradespeople, teachers, doctors and lawyers, so they need our support. The years of youth can be a time of struggle, dealing with family issues or friends, as well as pressures to ‘fit in’ at weekend…
Read MoreIt’s a Ting Thing
The HCR network uses the Chinese pictogram “ting” (to listen) to help explain what we call community-centred media (CCM).
Read MoreA new voice of hope in DR Congo
In eastern DR Congo’s conflicted province of North Kivu, HCR has been working with partners to establish a new community radio station, Umoja (Unity) FM. One of the architects of the project is Member of Parliament Albert Baliesima Kadukima who has great hopes for this station….
Read MoreA vision better than sight guides Wahid.
Our story begins in October 2005, when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake changed Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu Kashmir forever. The quake shook a mountainous region around Muzaffarabad, a city 100 kilometres northeast of Islamabad, at the foothills of the Himalaya mountains. At least 86,000 people were killed, more than 69,000 injured. Not far from the epicentre…
Read MoreThe irony of Charsadda attack
By Ross James When attackers stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, 20 January 2016, they exposed a great irony. Twenty one people, not including four men killed by security forces, died. Among those dead are 17 students and a lecturer who shot back at the gunmen with his pistol, to…
Read MoreA Critical year for Tana FM in the run up to Kenya’s elections
With recent warnings from Kenya’s electoral commission that a rise in ethnically charged “hate speech” threatens Kenya’s elections in 2017, the team at HCR partner station, Tana FM, know they have an important role – to promote peace. Elections in the past have led to violence, particularly in Tana River County. Next month, some 22.4 million…
Read MoreAmplifying Voices in Sierra Leone
It is nearly 3 months since their country was declared Ebola-free and Sierra Leoneans are yearning for a return to normality. But for many, life still remains far from normal, as communities emerge from trauma, where many still face social stigma, persistent health problems and don’t trust the health system. Added to this, an estimated…
Read MoreAustralian University honours HCR Founder
Dr. Ross James shows workshop participants in Pakistan his shoes, saying, “If you want to change communities you need to get your shoes dirty.” HCR’s Founder, Dr. Ross James has been nominated for a Curtin University Global Impact Award for ‘outstanding contributions that have enriched the welfare of humanity on an international scale’. The award, which…
Read MoreAmplifying Voices through SALT
We are partnering with Believers Broadcasting Network (BBN) in Freetown and local community volunteers to strengthen community health, wellbeing and resilience. Amplifying Voices through SALT (AVS) encourages people to tell their unheard stories. An affirmative listening process explores community strengths, builds trust and grows confidence for communities to develop local responses to challenges they face.…
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