Simooya Community Radio
Simooya Community Radio, Pemba District Amplifying Voices partnered with the Chibozu Community Trust, an NGO registered in Zambia and the UK, to set up Simooya Community Radio station which went into its testing phase in April 2024. The station provides education for children and adults, culturally relevant entertainment and dialogue, covering the Pemba district of…
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At Amplifying Voices, we use the term “speakerbox” to talk about a digital audio player with a built in speaker, suitable for group listening for around 10 people.
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As the impact of a community-centred media project among indigenous tribal people in India becomes apparent, the local teams believe it’s time to go deeper.
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Amplifying Voices Pakistan supports communities in Cholistan to set up vocational skills centres integrated with community-centred media.
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Amplifying Voices Pakistan promotes change at a pace that allows time for long-held cultural norms to adapt. Through Bright Home groups, they’re finding a care-filled approach to amplifying voices is paying dividends for positive change.
Read MoreGoing on air in a drought
Simooya Community Radio is now on air on 94.3 FM. What has made it worth putting effort into getting a new community radio station on air, when villagers are suffering from a severe drought?
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On roads, once too dangerous to travel, people in the South Sudanese district of Morobo are finding it safer to greet strangers again, thanks to Hope Village podcasts.
Read MoreHope Village – Morobo
Hope Village, Morobo Communities in South Sudan-Uganda border regions (Yei, Morobo, Lainya) are affected by refugees returning to South Sudan, and through internal migration of cattle herders after several years of flooding making traditional grazing grounds in other states unusable. The internal migration has led to inter-communal violence and loss of crops. Amplifying Voices has…
Read MoreTransforming life in the village
In Zambia’s Southern Province, “in the village” is a euphemism for isolation and lack. People don’t want “in the village” to always have connotations of poverty. Simooya community hopes that the new radio station will help villagers experience “fullness of life” instead.
Read MoreFrom Drought to Deluge: Vox Radio Becomes A Lifeline
After four years of drought, Vox Radio rallies to become a Lifeline for Tana River County communities which have been devastated by El Niño Floods.
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