Promoting Communication for Social Change
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Global News
Programme Updates
Call for Proposals for community and local radio stations in Africa Africa, 8 Feb 2010
Dutch foundation Stem van Afrika has launched a call for proposals for community and local radio stations in Africa.
Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP 2009/2010): The launch Toronto, Canada, 2 Feb 2010
A preliminary report of the GMMP 2009/2010 will be released in March, in New York.
Re-building community media in Haiti Haiti, 5 Feb 2010
“We should see the Haiti disaster as an opportunity to reinvent ourselves as community media that is closer to the people.”
Indigenous Women and Communication: a tool for participation and democracy Toronto, Canada, 2 Feb 2010
New communication and information technologies are powerful tools for Latin America’s indigenous women.
Building advocacy capacity in the international ecumenical community Toronto, Canada, 2 Feb 2010
International ecumenical community recommends better use of electronic advocacy tools including social networking.
Fighting against HIV-AIDS Stigma Ghana, 29 Jan 2010
The fear of being known as someone with HIV or AIDS is one reason why social support systems and drug programs have failed to work.
Features
A video update on Haiti Haiti, 8 Feb 2010
A video by The ACT Alliance responding to the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.
Community radio stations obliterated, off the air in Haiti Haiti, 29 Jan 2010
More than two weeks after earthquake that devastated Haiti, several community radio stations are still off the air.
From sunset to darkness in a devastated country full of hope Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1 Feb 2010
The tragedy did not destroy the will power of the people of Haiti.
HAITI: Sending Hope over the Airwaves Toronto, Canada, 25 Jan 2010
Radio Solidarite 88.5 FM is one of the outlets to survive the tremors. It resumed broadcasts from its small studio...
Resources
WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people's common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression.
The World Association for Christian Communication is a UK Registered Charity (number 296073) and a Company registered in England and Wales (number 2082273) with its Registered Office at 71 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX. It is an incorporated Charitable Organisation in Canada (number 83970 9524 RR0001) with its head office at 308 Main Street, Toronto ON, M4C 4X7.
