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2020-2025 Strategic Plan Our roadmap to supporting rural Africans over the airwaves. Download the plan A community effort to look to the future In April 2020, Farm Radio International embarked on a new five-year strategic plan. The plan is the product of a highly participatory and consultative process, involving staff at all levels and in…
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We have run some of our most far-reaching and diverse programs in Tanzania. The presence of a strong national language – 10% of Tanzanians have Swahili as their mother tongue, but up to 90% speak it as a second language – means that radio programs can be understood over wider geographic regions. Many of the…
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Farm Radio International has supported radio stations in delivering life-saving, accessible messages at-scale to the vulnerable populations who needed them most.
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Our work in Malawi Our work in Malawi Malawi is a small country with a strong unifying language (Chichewa). With some radio stations able to broadcast and be understood nationwide, the potential impact of radio in the country is huge. We began working there in 2011 but soon recognized the capacity for our local…
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What’s new On Air Dialogues: Listening to – and learning from – rural people On Air Dialogues are an innovative type of radio programming, which use mobile phone-based polling to bring rural voices into national and global conversations about critical issues like food security, nutrition, health and climate change. Read more Country-level climate action: Earth…
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Thinking back to my days as a student, my mind always seems to gravitate to a few vivid memories from just a handful of classes. But why? Was their content that different from others? Not really. Did they focus on topics I found inherently more interesting? Perhaps. But what really made the difference was content…
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Donate in someone’s name & they will receive an e-card Give the gift that makes a difference You have an amazing opportunity to make a difference in Africa through this donation and you can give this as a gift. Make a donation Donate in someone’s name & they will receive an e-card This holiday season…
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Donate in someone’s name & they will receive an e-card Give the gift that makes a difference You have an amazing opportunity to make a difference in Africa through this donation and you can give this as a gift. Make a donation Donate in someone’s name & they will receive an e-card This holiday season…
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Farm Radio International began as an idea. Like most great ideas, it was deceptively simple, prompting the question, “Why didn’t I think of that?” The idea came about in 1975 when George Atkins, Canada’s leading farm broadcaster, learned that radio programs in developing countries often served the interests of…
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Find out how Farm Radio International collaborated this year on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. Learn about a coalition of women’s rights organizations in Burkina Faso and the ways that radio stations got involved in the campaign.
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