Radio Magazines

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Radio Magazines function as non-fiction feature shows that give voice to Malawians to air and discuss important issues. Over the years, Story Workshop radio magazines have addressed issues of food security, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS and youth sexuality. 

Mwana Alirenji Farmer-to-Farmer Program

This weekly farmer-to-farmer magazine highlights good farming practices and problem solutions that are developed by farmers themselves. The magazine uses an innovative radio format to address issues of food security in rural Malawi. Our field reporters visit farmers, radio gardens, research stations, farmers associations and many others in order to spread the word on what works.

Mwana Alirenji teaches that small holder farming in Malawi can be successful and that low- or no-cost solutions have been developed for the most common problems. By giving the floor to the real experts, the farmers themselves, tens of thousands of farmers each week benefit from peer-to-peer learning.Mwana Alirenji does not shy away from addressing problems and pointing out failures or bureaucratic obstacles. For example, in 2005 Mwana Alirenji featured a whole range of problems related to food shortages: Problems in decision-making on who was going to receive what, the role of stakeholders in the decision-making process, the problems with food delivery, and the amounts of food received.

This program, part of the Rural Development Communications Campaign, is funded by the European Union (EU). 

Learn about the Radio Research Gardens that are putting theory into practice in conjunction with Mwana Alirenji.

Trolley Club

The Trolley Club is a Children’s radio magazine that is being produced by Story Workshop with funding from UNICEF. The Program aims at educating children about their rights and responsibilities and by that empower children to stand up for their rights, encouraging children to use their full creative potential, educating children about life skills (communication, problem solving, hygiene, etc.) and finally to give children a voice.

The Trolley Club program has the following specific empowerment goals:
• Listen to children,
• Help children think for themselves,
• Involve children in the radio shows,
• Encourage children to speak their mind and ask questions,
• Encourage children to apply learned coping skills in their daily life and to facilitate discussion between children and their parents and teachers about children’s rights.

Find out more about Trolley Club Radio Listener Clubs.

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