05 May 2020 Citizen reporters highlight plight of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. A network of Colombian and Venezuelan citizen reporters has launched a...
28 Apr 2020 Northern Uganda: Ensuring rural farmers have a say in Covid-19 response
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. by Marites Sison Radio Apac, Ltd., a community radio station in...
24 Apr 2020 Uganda: Women’s radio gets creative in sharing Covid-19 information
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Mama FM, a women-focused radio station serving the underprivileged in...
22 Apr 2020 In Togo, raising awareness about Covid-19 is complex work
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Togo, like most sub-Saharan African countries, is affected...
21 Apr 2020 WACC endorses UN body’s call for human rights-centered Covid-19 response
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The United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF), with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council, has urged governments and international bodies to ensure that their policies and actions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic comply with international human rights standards. Multi-faceted responses to...
21 Apr 2020 Bangladesh: Community radio brings life-saving Covid-19 information to rural communities
WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. What is Covid-19? How is it transmitted? What...
08 Apr 2020 Syrian refugees vulnerable in Covid-19 pandemic
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WACC is surveying its community media partners on their response to COVID-19 and their needs to help keep the communities they serve informed and safe. Community media need your help! Please donate to the Community Media Rapid Response Fund. Amidst the coronavirus crisis, a community radio station supported by...
08 Apr 2020 Communication Saves Lives: WACC Rapid Response Fund for Community Media
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In times of crisis, information saves lives. In the response to Covid-19, we see how vital it is to get accurate and trusted messages to people so that they know what they need to do and where they can get help when they need it. For many...
08 Apr 2020 Communication saves lives, strengthens solidarity
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The global Covid-19 pandemic has shown how vital it is to get accurate and trusted information to communities in languages and channels that they understand. It has also raised awareness of the opportunities - and rights-based challenges - of digital communication. WACC and its partners...