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When six seasons became two
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Md. Ehsanul Haque Tamal in Bangladesh on how conversations in Dhaka's Korail slum have helped to shape Asia's biggest ever survey about climate change.Â
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Information you can trust: Tackling misinformation ahead of Sierra Leone’s elections
Sierra Leone is preparing for a general election for a new president and parliament. We’ve been working with our local media partners to support them to identify and debunk false and misinformation, and to strengthen their coverage, including through the iVerify platform.
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Films for Syrian refugees: Do it Yourself, Do it Together
Ahead of World Refugee Day (20 June 2015), Maha Taki explains how short films – shown in information centres in Lebanon and Jordan - are helping to give education, legal, health and safety advice to Syrian refugees.
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Crowd-pleasing radio
The Jember team pulled in the crowds when they set out to meet listeners face to face in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
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Continuing the fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia
Amid unrest and pandemic fatigue, our Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Ethiopia team is working to train local media, and to deliver trusted information about COVID-19 and inspirational stories about how people are coping. Our social media producer Annis Tefferi gives us the behind-the-scenes view.
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Mother tongue: boosting maternal health through mobile phones
Our producer looks at the importance of tribal language – and how it can be used to help provide life-saving advice to mothers in India.
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Radio Ramaroshan: a story of sustainability
How production training and a debate programme has seen remarkable results for a Nepali community radio station and its audience.Â
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Saving lives with radio - a view from Ukraine's frontlines
Liudmyla Tiahnyriadno is a presenter/reporter for Ukrainian Radio. In this guest blog, she gives a first-hand account of what it has been like to report from the frontlines during wartime.
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A tale of two crises in Nepal
Our Lifeline radio programme Milijuli Nepali (Together Nepal) was created to respond to the earthquakes in 2015, it later supported people in Nepal to rebuild and reconstruct their lives and homes - now it is relaunching to deliver vital health information about COVID-19.
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Telling a new story: Somali journalists talk about HIV and AIDS
Anca Toader explains how training journalists on HIV and AIDS can reduce stigma and foster better understanding in society.
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Tackling bonded labour in India
Inspiring stories from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's radio project in Madhya Pradesh, India which works with local partners to tackle bonded labour.Â
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How to create PSAs in emergencies
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Parambrahma Tripathy on the six crucial lessons learned while making audio spots to help people affected by a cyclone in Odisha, India.
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Life into art
How a writer's real experience breathes life into a Somali drama aiming to reduce illness and deaths among mothers and babies. Freelance trainer and consultant John Tuckey blogs.
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Women making history in Nepal - the story of Sajha Sawal
As Sajha Sawal (Common Questions) takes a break, we revisit the questions and answers that changed lives - and the evolution of the most-watched debate show in Nepal. By its last episode, the programme had reached out to 6.6 million viewers.