Tagged with: BBC Media Action
Posts (15)
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BBC Media Action: using media to eradicate polio
Sanjib Saha
Country Research Manager, BBC Media Action
Once a globally feared disease, Polio has largely been eradicated around the world. In Afghanistan, however, the disease is still endemic, and despite the existence of a nationwide scheme to eradicate the disease, over half a million children remain unvaccinated and at risk.
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Transforming lives through media around the world
Caroline Nursey
Executive Director, BBC Media Action
Have you ever considered how important media and communication are in your day to day life? Perhaps you’ve mistakenly left your phone at home one day or run out of battery, suddenly finding yourself without the means to send or receive messages, check the news or merely make a phone call? While ...
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Working together to help save lives
Clare Lyons
Senior Trainer, BBC Media Action
Myanmar is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. An innovative training scheme brings journalists and aid organisations together in a bid to improve communication during a humanitarian crisis.
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‘Sofa’, so good: BBC Breakfast’s red sofa makes its way to Ramallah
Walid Batrawi
Director, BBC Media Action, Palestinian Territories
Walid Batrawi explains how one retired BBC Breakfast sofa found a new home in the Palestinian Territories with BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international development charity.
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BBC Media Action: A producer’s epic journey to broadcast a radio show in South Sudan
Winnie Jaguru
Scriptwriter, BBC Media Action
Hitching a lift on humanitarian planes – just one of the ways BBC Media Action’s radio drama gets to remote radio station partners in South Sudan. Scriptwriter Winnie Jaguru takes us on a journey to a broadcast in South Sudan.
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Tricks of the trade: BBC Media Action training in Cambodia
Babita Sharma
Presenter, BBC World News
BBC World News presenter, Babita Sharma shares her experience training young TV presenters in Cambodia for BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international development charity.
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Nepal Earthquake: When no home is safe where can you go?
Kirsty Cockburn
Director of Communications and Fundraising, BBC Media Action
Kirsty Cockburn, Director of Communications and Fundraising describes the earthquake’s devastating impact on her colleagues and the people of Nepal, and BBC Media Action’s work using radio to save lives.
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BBC Media Action on World Radio Day 2015
Jon Jacob
Editor, About the BBC Blog
Tom Baker showcases a handful of endeavours using radio to reach out to young people across the world in this short film from BBC Media Action.
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From the Docklands to Dhaka: calling the midwife to Bangladesh
Terri Coates
Midwifery Advisor, Call The Midwife
Midwifery advisor Terri Coates swaps Call the Midwife for Ujan Ganger Naiya when she travels to Bangladesh to work with BBC Media Action.
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BBC World Service joins the fight against Ebola
Peter Horrocks
Director, BBC Global News
BBC World Service Group Director Peter Horrocks explains how the BBC World Service and BBC Media Action are helping to counter misinformation about Ebola with special updates broadcast on the BBC's Africa, English, French and Hausa services.
