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  1. A tale of two crises in Nepal

    Bhuwan Timilsina

    Project Manager, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action, Nepal

    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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  2. Whatever the weather: Radio helps people adapt to climate change

    Diana Njeru

    Project Director, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Kenya

    Whatever the weather: Radio helps people adapt to climate change

    As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Diana Njeru from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Kenya explains how climate change is affecting people across East Africa, and how we’re supporting them to adapt through radio.

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  3. Hear Me Too: a drama to tackle violence against Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar

    Sarah Bradshaw

    Training Manager, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Academy International

    Hear Me Too: a drama to tackle violence against Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar

    For International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, hear from Sarah Bradshaw, Training Manager for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Academy International and experienced radio producer/director, who helped our teams in Bangladesh to develop a new radio drama to change attitudes towards gender-based violence.

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  4. Information is aid: empowering Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar

    Mukta Roy

    Humanitarian Officer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Bangladesh

    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.

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  5. Understanding the Rohingya crisis: A Researcher’s diary

    Aniqa Hossain

    Research Officer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Bangladesh

    Understanding the Rohingya crisis: A Researcher’s diary

    Our researcher describes her visit to the camps in Cox’s Bazar to find out how the community gets its information and what the needs are for vulnerable groups such as women and children. The insights are informing our humanitarian programmes and next steps in response to this unprecedented emerg...

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  6. Rohingya crisis: When information is a matter of life and death

    Caroline Nursey

    Chief Executive Officer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action

    Rohingya crisis: When information is a matter of life and death

    Our Executive Director Caroline Nursey describes her visit to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and our life-saving response to the Rohingya emergency.

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  7. Coping with conflict: making media to support children in Syria

    Julie Boutros

    Senior Programme Manager

    Coping with conflict: making media to support children in Syria

    How we’re helping children in Syria survive and cope with the conflict by supporting media based in the country to make tailored ‘lifeline’ content – animations, radio dramas, discussion programmes and a documentary – we’re tackling issues around child rights, development and survival.

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  8. Ö÷²¥´óÐã safe home: helping people in Nepal ‘build back better’

    Pratibha Tuladhar

    Senior Producer/Stakeholder Liaison, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action, Nepal

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã safe home: helping people in Nepal ‘build back better’

    On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction we explore how Sajha Sawal – our TV current affairs show in Nepal – is helping communities displaced by the 2015 earthquakes get the support they need to rebuild safer homes in safer locations.

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  9. Communication is aid: Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action response to floods in Sierra Leone, Nepal, Bangladesh and India

    Nick Henegan

    Senior Communications Manager, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action

    Communication is aid: Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action response to floods in Sierra Leone, Nepal, Bangladesh and India

    In the aftermath of a disaster information is as important as food, water and shelter. It can save lives. This week Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action teams from West Africa to South Asia have been delivering vital, life-saving information to people affected by a series of devastating floods.

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  10. Speaking up for Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone

    Allieu Sesay

    Head of Production, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action Sierra Leone

    Speaking up for Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone

    In 2014 Abass had survived Ebola but lost his child and other family members to the deadly virus. He became a voice for Ebola survivors across Sierra Leone through a Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action radio show and recently celebrated the birth of a baby daughter. Allieu Sesay tells his story.

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