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NEW - 2012 Safe & Healthy Migration Calendar
This calendar includes international days related to migration, health, the environment, climatechange, and natural disasters, as well as Mozmabique national holidays - radio stations and organisations can mark these days with special broadcast programmes and activities to ensure communities are prepared for disasters and know how to respond when an emergency strikes. Produced by CMFD for IOM Maputo.
Excellent 20-minute documentary produced by Zoe Graham, which talks about the continuing effects of landmines in Mozambique, and features two CMFD projects: Passo a Passo, our landmine digital stories; and Vila Pisa Bem, our 6-episode serial radio drama on landmine awareness.
CMFD (Community Media For Development) Productions is a media/ communication for development consultancy specialising in high quality communication materials and projects (serial radio dramas, radio spots, digital stories, music, theatre and print publications). Our services include project management and implementation of communication campaigns, radio production, community and journalists training, and materials development, all based on communication for social change approaches and emphasising community input and participation. From offices in Johannesburg and Maputo, CMFD has worked across Africa on issues such as governance and elections, gender/ women’s rights, disaster risk reduction and climate change, migration (including human trafficking and xenophobia), landmine awareness, and health promotion.
Drawing on the power of creative and entertaining arts to communicate messages, the “Creative Arts for Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention – Music and Comics in Chamanculo,” project is designed to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, as well as inspire youth to know their HIV status. Supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Mozambique, CMFD will be working with the residents of Chamanculo, a peri-urban community of Maputo, to create music and illustrated comic stories. The music will be the focus of a concert in Chamanculo, be distributed to radio stations, and become part of local band Sigauque Project’s regular repertoire of songs.
A community listens as a wise storyteller weaves a tale of adventure and fantasy, unaware the story's magic has transported their stubborn neighbor Arlindo to a far off fantasy world. Through the hero Chamwari's quest, the village listeners realise they too can speak up, make change in their community, and hold government accountable. For UNESCO Mozambique, this 13-part radio drama in Portuguese, Changaan, and Sena raises awareness/ discussion on: democracy, rights, civic participation, tranparency, right to information.
First launched in March 2010, Bravos do Zambeze (‘Zambezi Braves’) is a multi-faceted initiative that combined a high quality 26-episode radio drama produced in 2 languages with training for community radio journalists, in order to convey information around disaster risk reduction and floods, as well as build local capacity for reporting on disasters and climate change. The drama was produced for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), as part of the UN Delivering as One, Joint Programme on Disaster Risk Reduction Project. Given the success of “Bravos do Zambeze” CMFD and IOM are re-releasing an adapted and translated version of the drama for the Limpopo Valley.
What happens when a corrupt old policeman and a market woman switch bodies? The latest in the "Crossroads" series hit the airwaves for Women’s Month in South Africa. CMFD produced the isiZulu, South African adaptation for People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA), supported by Oxfam GB. Previously produced in English, Swahili, French and Portuguese, the drama uses humour to get people thinking, and talking, about women’s rights. POWA is facilitating discussion groups, listening on stations such as Alex FM, Kasie FM, Eldoz FM and Ndofaya FM.
A radio documentary series produced by CMFD for FAHAMU Networks for Social Justice, with support from the Open Society Foundation (OSF). The project brought together South African community radio journalists and both internal and external migrants to chronicle the often unheard stories of migration to Johannesburg, providing migrants with an opportunity to access media and tell their stories, and building capacity of radio journalists to report on migration.
“The time the war came to my country, I had to look for a country that was far, where I believed they cannot get me.”
With musical influences spanning across the continent - from a new take on marrabenta to Senegalese mbalakh and Nigerian afro-beat, and even samba, with some smooth sounding jazz thrown in the mix, Sigauque Project is a pan-African musical journey on the Mozambique stage. With two singers and a full horn section, backed by throbbing bass and rhythmic percussion, the show is not to be missed. Most Sigauque Project songs were originally created and recorded by CMFD Productions as part of media for social change projects.
"The mafia part gets you interested in the story, then these other things [human trafficking, HIV, sexual abuse] come in, it's still interesting. It's not like you're just putting out facts. Like on the news or something - people can ignore those things because they're tired of hearing them. Put in this way it can make you think about it twice." - Focus group, Dealers Drama
"The programme had incredible impact...besides being a radio soap opera that is helpful, it also entertains and encourages people in communities..." - Radio Catandica, Mozambique, Vila Pisa Bem
"The guide helped me follow up the drama episodes & gave me insight on the campaign for women rights...We invited human rights activists to explain further to the community in local language about women and girls' human rights." - Mulumbe FM, Kenya, Crossroads
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This paper examines gender mainstreaming in popular and community media content, particularly radio. The author looks at the role of community and popular media in Southern Africa, as well two approaches to incorporating gender content into community radio – gender-specific programming and gender mainstreaming. The paper argues that gender mainstreaming is crucial to ensuring women’s voices are heard, and profiles the approach of South African-based organisation CMFD (Community Media for Development) Productions.
Debating politics in Angola (Luanda, Angola; July 2011) In the latest of a long series of training workshops with radio and political spokespeople in Angola, CMFD Director Daniel Walter travelled to Luanda with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, for a busy week of activities. The first two days with political spokespeople, the third working with a local camera crew and KAS to document Angela Merkel’s visit to the country and KAS’s ongoing media work, tThe final two days a workshop with Radio Despertar on encouraging discussions.
Interactive good governance programming (Namoula, Mozmabique; May 2011) In May 2011, CMFD was in Nampula to carry out training with community radio stations for Helvetas Mocambique, to build capacity of radios in participatory programming, especially radio debates, on the issues of governance, water and sanitation. The activity was part of the PROGOAS programme, representatives from seven radio stations attended.
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Drawing on the power of creative and entertaining arts to communicate messages, the “Creative Arts for Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention – Music and Comics in Chamanculo,” project is designed to promote HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, as well as inspire youth to know their HIV status. Supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Mozambique, CMFD will be working with the residents of Chamanculo, a peri-urban community of Maputo, to 
What happens when a corrupt old policeman and a market woman switch bodies? 
With musical influences spanning across the continent - from a new take on marrabenta to Senegalese mbalakh and Nigerian afro-beat, and even samba, with some smooth sounding jazz thrown in the mix, Sigauque Project is a pan-African musical journey on the Mozambique stage. With two singers and a full horn section, backed by throbbing bass and rhythmic percussion, the show is not to be missed.