Innovative Radio Program Spreads Hope in Pakistan
Say “Pakistan” and people think the worst, because the news presents the worst. But Pakistan contains much beauty, much of interest and wonderful personal stories of hope. Nadeem Awan, disabled since childhood, is one of those stories. A few years ago Nadeem began listening to a radio program in his city of Muzaffarabad in Azad…
Read MoreTana FM prepares communities for El Nino
As the Kenyan Meteorological office warns coastal areas in Kenya of the high risk of flooding due to El Niño, newly founded HCR partner station Tana FM , is playing its part to get communities prepared. Having gone on the air with the first test broadcasts only in May this year, Alex Stout and Jon…
Read MoreRadio Gandingan – Mindanao, Philippines
In Mindanao, Radio Gandingan (RG) is an educational and advocacy radio program that is produced by community members. Community Radio Volunteers (CRVs) from marginalised communities participate in the design, gathering and presentation of audio for radio programs. Listeners say the radio program has contributed to a reduction of community violence and an increase in positive…
Read MoreSouth Sudan – Peacebuilding
As tensions between factions in South Sudan deteriorated into civil conflict, Amplifying Voices (then known as HCR) was commissioned by BBC Media Action to help transition their ‘edutainment’ serial radio drama from a health focus to a peacebuilding focus. Working with local BBC script writers, HCR ran a workshop and held ongoing consultations to design…
Read MoreRadio MAMA – WA Mid West
Radio MAMA is an Indigenous broadcaster based in three rural and remote locations in Western Australia’s Mid West. Radio MAMA and HCR strengthen community engagement through workshops with community members who participate in the design, production and presentation of radio messages for health and social development campaigns delivered by local service providers. What: Radio MAMA…
Read MoreReflecting on Reconciliation Week
Reconciliation week is one of great importance, for both Indigenous (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) and non-Indigenous Australians. The biggest milestone for reconciliation was the 1967 referendum, where an overwhelming amount of the non-Indigenous population voted ‘Yes’ to the end of official discrimination and the promise of full and equal citizenship. This was a…
Read MoreA new voice for peace in Eastern Kenya’s troubled Tana River County
Since the nineteenth century, eastern Kenya’s Tana River county has often been the scene of violent conflict, largely between two ethnic groups, the dominant Orma, who are nomadic cattle-herders and the Pokomo, who are farmers. Many of the disputes have been over land use and access to water, however the intensity of these conflicts has…
Read MoreTune back in time to the wireless
By Celeste Larkins Did you listen to the radio when you were a child? If so, what did you listen to? Did you tune in for the music, or was it the dramas, or sports coverage? Dane and I had the privilege of being taken back to a time where radio in Australia was the…
Read MoreFood scientists in Pakistan impressed with HCR’s community-centred radio model
An international conference in Pakistan has heard HCR explain how community-centred radio programming can help support sustainable development. International scientists gathered to report on sustainable crop technology at the “Scientists for Sustainability” forum in Islamabad, which was organized by the Lok Sanjh Foundation (LSF) and the Rural Business Development Center. HCR Pakistan Director, Hazeen Latif, was invited to deliver a paper about HCR’s…
Read MoreVIDEO DIARY: Peacebuilding in Kenya
Broadcast journalist Alex Williams has joined HCR UK’s Alex Stout to develop a community-centred radio station in Eastern Kenya’s troubled Tana River County. Here’s his latest video diary.
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