BBC Media Action

30/01/2025

In 2020, our Indonesia team launched a digital content brand on social media called Aksi Kita Indonesia.

The goal was to inform young people and spark discussions on environmental issues and sustainable development.

The project inspired young volunteers to join a climate initiative planting 3,000 mangrove trees!

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

28/01/2025

In 2022, we launched Negat (Dawn) - a radio and TV drama series for young people in Ethiopia.

The show’s storylines help youngsters navigate and deal with the gender and cultural barriers they face regarding work and education.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

BBC Media Action Ethiopia

24/01/2025

In 2022, our Libyan flagship public interest media project El Kul won 'Best Trust Initiative' in the WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Awards.

El Kul is a social media platform promoting inclusion and participation of women in society with over 1.2 million followers.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

الكل

22/01/2025

We’re delighted to announce that Jack Dorsey’s initiative has generously donated $750,000 to support our Pursuit of Truth initiative to strengthen independent journalism and fight disinformation worldwide.

Our Pursuit of Truth initiative, unveiled at the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2024, pledges to create more inclusive, democratic societies – providing world class journalism training to young journalists of tomorrow.

PRESS RELEASE - BBC Media Action welcomes donation from the philanthropic initiative of Jack Dorsey

21/01/2025

In 2024, we used the power of media to share how 12-year-old Kadija from Sierra Leone had her life transformed when she got a prosthetic hand.

She can now play with her friends, help her mother with chores, and pursue her dreams of becoming a lawyer.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

16/01/2025

As social media platforms move away from fact-checking, there could be serious consequences for their most vulnerable users.

Addressing these threats requires deep understanding of how information disorder is experienced by these audiences, and how it impacts them.

With our history working in often under-researched countries across the globe, we’re working to understand how marginalised audiences are affected - and what we can do about it.

Learn more here:📱https://bbc.in/4g1llmO

15/01/2025

Our Life in Lulu radio drama has been on air shaping a better future for South Sudan for over 10 years.

Its storylines have covered beliefs about health, conflict and peaceful co-existence, with its main characters journeying through life’s ups and downs, along with its audience.

The latest series focuses on gender-based and intimate partner violence, modelling solutions and alternatives to help create gender equality for women and girls.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱 https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

14/01/2025

Our Tikambe project used TV, print, online media and initiatives such as in-school lessons and various outreach activities to provide information to young people about their sexual and reproductive health in Zambia.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

10/01/2025

Communities in Nepal are on the frontlines of a rapidly changing climate.

Whether it’s landslides, severe monsoons, or extreme heat, communities are struggling to adapt.

Our Bridges project will connect climate scientists, journalists, local leaders and communities to help them prepare for extreme weather.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱 https://bbc.in/3W9NqkA

08/01/2025

Journalism matters especially in Ukraine where public broadcasters work tirelessly in their pursuit of truth, providing impartial and trusted information in wartime.

We're supporting journalists, like Bozhena Ikaliuk at New Voice in Kyiv to work safely and to stay on air.

In a world of disinformation, distrust and division, it’s more important than ever to support trusted, impartial media truly in the public interest.

Learn more here: 📱⁠https://bbc.in/4fb7vy8

The New Voice of Ukraine

30/12/2024

We've been working with Ukraine national broadcaster Suspilne (Public) for more than a decade, providing Lifeline training, equipment and support to ensure they can stay on air through the conflict.

We asked journalist Svitlana Klosova for her reflections when this image was taken.

"I felt like I was in a post-apocalyptic world. There were elegant houses, very beautiful, but they were broken and abandoned, some toys or household items reminded us that people lived there, built their lives, did repairs, drank coffee in their kitchen, and now all that remains are bricks, fragments."

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

Суспільне Новини

26/12/2024

In 2023, Faria was one of the 40 journalists and 20 content producers we trained in Bangladesh to effectively report on how communities are leading the way on climate adaptation.

The region is facing a growing impact from climate change, with increasingly severe cyclones causing an estimated cost of $1 billion by 2050.

Locally-led adaptations created, driven and implemented by local communities will be vital in helping them adapt and cope.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

22/12/2024

The airwaves in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities continue to be filled with BBC Media Action radio content that transforms lives.

As we mark our 25th anniversary, take a look back with the BBC History Unit here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

20/12/2024

Learn about our CEO Simon Bishop’s virtual visit to our Nepal team this week where he learned more about one of their projects entitled Sajha Sawal ('Common Questions').

This show ran for 562 episodes over a 12 year period, with broadcasts and audiences from every single one of Nepal’s 77 district.👇

BBC News नेपाली

I had the privilege of a virtual visit to BBC Media Action’s FABULOUS Nepal team this week. THE most inspiring way to start the day. Bet you didn’t know the…

19/12/2024

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal causing mass devastation for 1.8 million people.

Within hours of the earthquake, we were working with BBC News नेपाली to get lifesaving information to people in immediate need.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

17/12/2024

In autumn 2020, Story Story returned to the airwaves with new episodes exploring and challenging negative stereotypes and myths around disability and neurodiversity - aiming to encourage more inclusive attitudes towards access to education and employment for people with disabilities.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here:

Learn more here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

13/12/2024

In October 2023, we received an Averted Disaster Award Special Recognition, for saving lives in East Africa by helping people like Wambaz, a farmer in Marsabit, Kenya, prepare for extreme weather.

Weather Wise and Down 2 Earth brought together media professionals and scientists to improve communication around essential weather and climate information, ensuring that it reflects people’s voices and needs.

We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e

11/12/2024

The power of radio in a crisis

In a crisis, media can reach millions of people - fast - with life-saving information to support people to make informed choices and transform their own lives.

£30 could buy a solar-powered, wind-up radio to supply a community with critical information in crisis.

We are the BBC’s international charity - support our work with local broadcasters, ensuring people on the frontlines of crises have trustworthy information.

Donate at BBC Media Action here 👉 https://bbc.in/3VrQdoP