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Missing: a cutting-edge hub for risk communication for action
On International Day for Disaster Reduction, our Senior Adviser for Resilience and Humanitarian Response shares her ideas on how to advance risk communication - so people understand the risks they face, know how to address them, and take informed actions to manage them effectively.
With Her: breaking barriers to education for girls in South Sudan
On International Day of the Girl, find out how a radio programme helped a schoolgirl in South Sudan avoid early marriage and return to school by changing the attitude of her grandfather.
Why communication needs to be at the heart of humanitarian response
It has taken the aid community a long time to recognise the importance of listening to those affected by emergencies and providing them with reliable information, says our Senior Humanitarian Trainer.
Information is aid: empowering Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar
On the first anniversary of the Rohingya crisis, one of our humanitarian workers on the ground in Bangladesh tells how a radio programme helped a mother keep her baby son healthy.
What matters now? The Rohingya crisis, one year on.
We're working to find out what matters most for people living in Cox’s Bazar and helping to improve the international response. Read insights from our Country Director in Bangladesh.
Making young dreams a reality in Cambodia
Around 300,000 young Cambodians enter the labour market every year, but they are often vulnerable to low wages, long working hours and/or hazardous working conditions. Reality TV show “Dream Station” aimed to help young people secure themselves a better future.
Helping people spot fake news in Sierra Leone
For the recent elections in Sierra Leone, rapidly increasing levels of access to social media – particularly among young people – had created an important and influential space for political discussion. Hear from our Country Director.
“Convince your people” an eye opening TV debate show in Somalia
The only programme of its kind in the country, Qanci Dadkaaga is helping ordinary people connect with their leaders, giving them the opportunity to voice the issues that affect their lives.
“After I’m released I will never touch any gun again”
An inmate serving a two-year sentence in South Sudan changes his attitude to gun ownership after listening to our radio drama, Life in Lulu. Our Researcher describes visiting the prison listener group.
‘Why I’m helping protect pregnant women from malaria in Sierra Leone’
By applying what we learned during the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis we’re helping to tackle malaria – the cause of 40% of deaths outside of hospitals across the country – in new radio programme Tawa Fo Welbodi (Determined for Health).
