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Bringing listeners on-air, keeping staff out of harm’s way: How Radio Salaki is responding to COVID-19
Radio Salaki in Burkina Faso is taking no chances when it comes to the health of its reporters. They’re adapting to COVID-19, and making sure their radio programs do the same.
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Keeping crucial radio stations on air in face of COVID-19
Thanks to additional funding from Canada, Farm Radio International will support broadcasters who provide essential pandemic-related information to remote and rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Farm Radio International’s 2019 Top 10
A lot happened in 2019. It was a big year for people around the world, and for us here at Farm Radio International it was no different. Here’s our 2019 Top 10!
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Playing their part: Men work towards improving women’s health
Male community listening groups in Burkina Faso are listening to radio programs together, and discussing how they can play their part in improving women’s health.
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Women and telephones: Bridging the gender digital divide using simple solutions
A community in western Burkina Faso finds a simple way to bridge the digital gender divide.
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Scaling Her Voice on Air: New project will bring interactive radio to more than 2 million women farmers in West Africa
Press release With funding from Global Affairs Canada, we will bring improved interactive radio services to Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Senegal, reaching more than…
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Benjamin Boureima Nama: 2018 George Atkins Award runner up
Benjamin Boureima Nama was first introduced to Farm Radio International’s resources for broadcasters in 1999 when he was an intern at Radio Evangile Développement in…
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It takes a village: Engaging men, women & youth in ‘women’s issues’
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This proverb has many important meanings, but one related truth is that maternal, newborn and children’s health…
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Presenting the Young Journalists’ Global Podcast Challenge
As the world experiences new, old, and more complex global challenges, it’s important to dig deep to understand the issues, how they affect people, and…
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Learning about the state of radio in francophone West Africa
This summer, researcher Meli Rostand visited radio stations in Mali and Burkina Faso to understand the work broadcasters are doing and how they are meeting…
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