To our community, partners and supporters The staff and Board of Directors at Africa’s Voices, would like to express our sincere appreciation for your support throughout 2022! We hope that while you read this message, you are well, together with your loved ones. Your support in 2022 has enabled us to sail through what was...
The cohort conversations in Kalobeyei Settlement aimed at challenging the norms that hinder young women from attaining financial independence and transitioning to technical trainings In Kakuma town, we meet Nakale Periz, a member of the host Turkana community. Nakale is a single mother of a 4-year-old boy and a CPA student. Thanks to cohort conversations...
Elizabeth attended our cohort conversations in Kalobeyei Settlement that aimed at challenging the norms that hinder young women from attaining financial independence and transitioning to technical trainings Village 2 and Village 3 are located approximately 3kms apart in the expansive Kalobeyei settlement. Village 3’s central area is bustling, but not as much as Village 2’s....
Sarah attended our cohort conversations in Kalobeyei Settlement that aimed at challenging the norms that hinder young women from attaining financial independence and transitioning to technical trainings On the outskirts of Kakuma town, the administrative center for Turkana West District of Turkana County, sits Kalobeyei Settlement, an expansive community area that hosts 37,500 refugees and...
The Research Assistant will provide programme support in terms of coding, tagging and analysing local-language data, qualitative analysis of local-language data, support overall programme and research designing, drafting reports as required, assist with other tasks as and when necessary, including survey and questionnaire design and translation Read the job description and how to apply for the...
Executive Director’s Note The Africa’s Voices approach utilises mass media, usually radio, infused with an SMS short code to create platforms of engagement between decision-makers and citizens. We have used this approach to create two programmatic areas: Governance & Accountability and Citizen Evidence for Social Change. Under the Governance and Accountability programme, we put citizens’...
Welcome to Africa’s Voices Foundation’s (AVF) first newsletter issue of 2022! Our newsletter comes to you on a quarterly basis to inform and inspire you with all the things you need to know about our work in amplifying citizens’ voices and challenging the norms that undermine change in Kenya and Somalia. Often, a new year...
Every year on 8th March, the world marks International Women’s Day (IWD). This is a day when we should all renew our commitment to gender equality. This year’s (2022) theme is Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow. It should serve as a stark reminder to all of us to assess and promote issues that...
AVF Interactive Radio & SMS methodology to be Deployed in Somalia to Enhance Inclusivity in Political Processes The first African country to gain direct universal suffrage was Somalia. In 1964 and 1967, the country held multiparty elections. Since then, the country’s political institutions and structures have gone through tremendous changes. Somalia now has a federal...
As we mark the 2022 edition of World Radio Day themed “Radio and Trust” on 13th February, at AVF we reflect down memory lane on how we have harnessed the medium to enable our partners and decision makers to listen and understand citizens’ insights and views. Radio is critical in ensuring that citizens remain informed,...
