Soot Semee is helping refugee communities in Northern Uganda to protect children at risk. It is vital that community members know they can trust child protection service providers.
Closing the Physical Distancing gap
Change made real through a neighbour's voice
Rising voices in Omugo Zone
In January 2020, the Soot Semee team in Northern Uganda handed out first Soot Semee podcasts on memory cards to a community of South Sudanese refugees. At the same time, they distributed speakerboxes so that over 100 groups of around 10-20 people each can listen to the podcasts together. One of the community members said …
Revitalising audio ... smart speakers, podcasts and speakerboxes
Voice activated speakers like the Google Home and Amazon’s Echo Dot have triggered renewed interest in audio media and boosted the popularity of podcasts according to Reuters Institute. In some places where HCR partners are working, portable speakers with digital audio are key sources for information and entertainment. Increasingly HCR partners are using speakerboxes where there are restictions on using FM radio…