06 May 2020 Colombia: ‘Don’t forget HIV/AIDS care during Covid-19 pandemic’
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. WACC partner Positive Communication Foundation has been calling attention to...
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...
04 Mar 2020 WACC steps up effort to respond to communication needs of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
A project to establish “communication that brings us together” began with a mix of “great enthusiasm and uncertainty” over a year ago in Colombia, as the country grappled with the influx of an unprecedented number of Venezuelan migrants. Today, that project, “Among Neighbours: Network of Colombian...
21 Feb 2020 Muellamués community broadcasters push for culture of peace, Indigenous rights, & environmental stewardship
A project supported by WACC Global has trained more than 100 Indigenous broadcasters and members of the Indigenous community of Muellamués, Colombia, in producing radio programmes on peace, self-governance, gender equality, and human rights. The project was organized by the Fundación para la Promoción de la Cooperación Internacional...
15 Jan 2020 WACC establishes new partnership to protect Colombia’s endangered ecosystem, vital water sources
Colombia is one of 20 countries most at risk from suffering the disastrous effects of climate change. Several factors contribute to environmental degradation and consequently, undermine livelihoods. These include the increasing number of open-pit mining projects, the possibility that fracking may become a widely used practice,...
25 Oct 2019 WACC partner to provide communications support at Pan-Amazon Social Forum
Grupo Comunicarte, a longstanding member and partner of WACC will play a central role in organizing the 2020 Pan-Amazon Social Forum, especially in relation to communications and communication rights. The Pan-Amazon Social Forum, a gathering of Indigenous activists and civil society representatives from countries in the Amazonian...
19 Jul 2019 Starting them young: Indigenous community radio in Colombia conducts training for future media practitioners
Fifty young Kankuamos, Wiwas, Koguis, and Arthuacos recently took part in a media production and communication rights training organized by Tayrona Estereo, an Indigenous community radio station in Colombia.
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