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Dealers - Human
Trafficking
Serial Radio Drama (Zambia,
Mozambique) 
Crossroads - African Union Protocol
Serial Drama (Kenya)
For FAHAMU and FEMNET, CMFD is creating a 6-part radio drama to popularise the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women. A humourous look at what would happen if a corrupt policeman and woman market trader switched bodies, with the aim of increasing awareness about women's rights. Read more...
For FAHAMU and FEMNET, CMFD is creating a 6-part radio drama to popularise the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women. A humourous look at what would happen if a corrupt policeman and woman market trader switched bodies, with the aim of increasing awareness about women's rights. Read more...
Rural Women's Radio (South Africa, Kenya, Sierra Leone)
As part of a three-part
project with FAHAMU and local
partners, CMFD worked with rural women in Southern, East and West
Africa to produce radio/ podcast programmes about women's rights,
especially related to rural women. Read more...
Musicians
Against Xenophobia
(South
Africa & Mozambique)South African and Mozambican musicians are coming together to use music to fight xenophobia in
World
Summit Kids Programmes
Community Media for Development/ CMFD Productions was present at the 5th World Summit on Media for Children from 25-27 March. Working with a group of children at the summit, we produced a series of radio programmes to provide an opportunity for young voices to be heard, while reaching a wider audience with the issues that were being addressed during the summit. Working in groups of 2-4, the volunteer participants were a young dynamic group that put together some very creative programmes focusing on globalisation and the internet. The programmes include voices from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Trinidad, United States, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Haiti, and Angola. The process brought together young people speaking various languages.
Community Media for Development/ CMFD Productions was present at the 5th World Summit on Media for Children from 25-27 March. Working with a group of children at the summit, we produced a series of radio programmes to provide an opportunity for young voices to be heard, while reaching a wider audience with the issues that were being addressed during the summit. Working in groups of 2-4, the volunteer participants were a young dynamic group that put together some very creative programmes focusing on globalisation and the internet. The programmes include voices from South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Trinidad, United States, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Haiti, and Angola. The process brought together young people speaking various languages.
Music For Women's Rights
With
support from the
Global Fund For Women, CMFD and Alertos Da Vida produced three songs in
Shangaan isiZulu and, Portuguese that talk
about women's rights, migration, trafficking, and discrimination.
Involving over 15 musicians including Feya Faku, Louis Mhlanga,
Mlingisi Gegana, Jackee, Judith Mudau, Edith Mudau, Femi, Ayanda
Sikade, Trevor Smith, these funky tunes are being distributed free to
radio stations. The tunes were also used during the Khuluma Afrika!
performances to draw audiences and enable audience members to
participate by singing the songs themselves. Read more..
Khuluma Afrika! Counter-Trafficking Community Theatre
(South Africa & Mozambique)
To support the International Organization for Migration's Southern African Counter-Trafficking Assistance Programme (SACTAP) to raise awareness of trafficking issues in South Africa, a community theatre production was created that addresses human trafficking and migration issues, with performances in Portuguese, designed mainly for the Mozambican community in South AFrica. Each performance combined drama, dance, music, discussion, and the distribution of information materials. The project builds on work done previously for SACTAP to produce the 'Get the facts before you go!' PSAs. Read More...
This radio drama series of 13 -15 minute long episodes explores lesbian, lesbian, bisexual and transgend er (LGBTI ) life in South Africa. The drama will focus on a core group of 5 or 6 friends, who are young people between 16-29 years old, living in a peri-urban community. The drama will deal with relationships, exploration of sexuality, friendships, life-plans and so on. The difference will be that this drama is written from an LGBTI perspective. In other words most of the characters will be gay, lesbian, bisexual etc and the dialogue, the language, the jokes and so on will take this for granted. Through dramatic situations the characters will confront and wrestle with important social issues such as rape, sexual abuse, condom use, and discrimination of all forms. At the same time, the drama will be lively and entertaining, with both drama and comedy
LGBTI Media Research (South Africa)
Working in collaboration with the Gay and Lesbian Archives (GALA) of South Africa, The research explored the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the media related to the LGBTI community. It looked at whether there is an understanding of the key issues and basic facts that would guide accurate reporting among media personnel. It is also looking at print media that has been generated.
Alertos Da Vida (South Africa and Mozambique)
A community theatre project to educate Portuguese-speaking young people
in Johannesburg about HIV and health issues. This programme is needed
both to inform, and also to encourage men and women to take
responsibility. There is a very large Mozambican community in
Johannesburg, attempting to escape the widespread poverty in
Mozambique. Many of these people, especially young women, are very
vulnerable and even those that have been here for years are not able to
speak English, and perhaps just a little Zulu. Most are not being
reached by the wide range of HIV/AIDS programmes in the country,
because they are not reading the magazines, listening to the radio, or
watching television, as these are generally not easily understood by
them.Coming Out Again (South Africa)
Using the real-live stories of the actors, each a young member of the LGBTI community, three of being HIV positive, others as coping with positive family members, losing loved ones, and trying to stay negative, the play aims to raise awareness and reduce stigma towards people living with HIV. A Deaf actor shares his personal story of being a young, Deaf, gay man living in South Africa, and each performance is South African Sign Language interpreted, to also provide an opportunity for the Deaf community to access the play. Two comic storybooks are being produced that raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, sexual health and rights, and reflect the stories and experiences of the gay and lesbian community and Deaf community. The LGBTI community has largely been left out of most development communication programmes in the country, and the comic book is an attempt to create a fun, informative media that reflects these stories and experiences. A second Deaf-focused comic book is being developed with the particular needs and communication styles of Deaf people in mind.
National Children’s Participatory Radio Forum (Mozambique)
CMFD Productions collaborated with IBIS - Mozambique to bring together children, accompanied by young adult presenters working on children's programmes, from 42 radio stations across the country to participate in the National Children's Radio Seminar 2004. The goal of the seminar was to engage in a participatory process to create a series of magazine style radio programmes produced by and for young people. Participants gained first hand knowledge in interviewing, creating spots, putting together reportage, and developing radio dramas. The magazines address the right to education, the right to health, and the right to play. CMFD provided two onsite studios, did all recording and production, and facilitated the drama portion of the Seminar. A follow up project involved creating a children’s SFX CD.
Jabulani! – 20 Radio Dramas to celebrate 10 Years of Democracy (South Africa)
CMFD worked ABC Ulwazi to bring together representatives from 20 community radio stations to create 20 radio dramas about ten years of democracy. Four workshops of five participants each were held over a 5-week period. During the workshop, participants learned how to developed their ideas into a radio drama, how to use sound effects, and the basics of recording and production. CMFD facilitated the workshops, recorded the voicing and produced the audio.
Street Youth Project (Mozambique)
CMFD developed a radio programme with a group of youth living on the streets in Maputo, Mozambique. CMFD provided programme development direction, recorded songs, skits, and messages about HIV/AIDS, sexual abuse, and children's rights in Portuguese and Shangana., then produced this into a series of audio programmes. The audio was also transcribed into a Portuguese language activity book, to be used in literacy programmes.