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  1. From "gangster" to grocer

    Hoda Hersi

    Project Manager

    From "gangster" to grocer

    Hoda Hersi tells the story of Abaas, from Mogadishu whose life was transformed after listening to a radio drama storyline about migration.

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  2. A fictional death that saves real lives

    Angela Githitho Muriithi

    Country Director, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action

    Angela Githitho Muriithi, presents new ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action research showing how a radio drama – which used the death of a fictional baby to save real babies’ lives – is improving child health and nutrition in Somalia.

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  3. World Radio Day 2015

    Tom Baker

    Project Manager, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action

    Today is World Radio Day and its theme is ‘youth’. Find out how ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action is using the unique power of radio to inform, connect and empower young people around the world.

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  4. The politics of love

    Hoda Hersi

    Project Manager

    How a Romeo and Juliet radio drama story line is raising heart rates in Somalia

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  5. A radio drama with youth appeal for Somalia

    Jackie Christie

    Senior Production Manager, Kenya and Somalia

    Three writers, four episodes, ten days: how Somalia’s first interactive radio drama was born. 

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  6. Asha’s story: stopping polio in its tracks

    Barkhad Kaariye

    Producer, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action in Somalia

    For our radio show about polio vaccination, our producer in Somalia recently met an inspiring woman who – at the age of 70 – is vaccinating people against preventable diseases.

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  7. "A teacher in my home"

    Barkhad Kaariye

    Producer, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action in Somalia

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action's Barkhad Kaariye on why a poor widow in rural Somalia never misses tuning in to radio programme Tiiraarka Qoyska (Pillars Of The Family).

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  8. Life into art

    John Tuckey

    Freelance trainer and editorial consultant

    How a writer's real experience breathes life into a Somali drama aiming to reduce illness and deaths among mothers and babies. Freelance trainer and consultant John Tuckey blogs.

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  9. Character building

    John Tuckey

    Freelance trainer and editorial consultant

    How one character in a Somali radio drama about mother and child health was born. Freelance editorial consultant John Tuckey blogs.

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  10. Drama queen

    John Tuckey

    Freelance trainer and editorial consultant

    How the bad advice of a flamboyant fortune teller called Ebla, in a radio soap in Somalia, helps save the lives of babies and mothers. By ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Media Action's trainer John Tucky. 

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