Since the beginning of the year, h2n has been working with community radio stations across the country to address Covid-19 issues from new angles in order to assist the stations to provide high-quality information and address the concerns of their listeners. A major push in this effort has been a series of trainings aimed at… Continue a ler Covid-19 communication efforts evolve to focus more strongly on the quality of information
Association h2n (h2n) is a Mozambican NGO that was registered three years ago today, as a successor organization to the USAID-funded Media Strengthening Program (MSP) implemented between 2012 and 2019. MSP staff members also established two other organizations, Midia Lab (journalism training and media development) and TV Surdo (inclusive media and advocacy for persons with… Continue a ler Association h2n marks 3-year anniversary today
As part of the Local TB Response project, which is funded by USAID and led by ADPP, h2n has been developing and expanding new communication approaches to increase awareness of all aspects of the TB lifecycle from diagnostics to treatment. The five-year project seeks to expand the TB response in 50 districts in Sofala, Tete,… Continue a ler Podcasts help increase awareness of TB across 50 districts and nationwide
Amina Amaral is 31 years old and the mother of four children. She stands out from her neighbors because she completed high school and because she wants her children to study. “I was lucky that my parents sent me to school,” says Amina. “It means that I understand the advantages that school brings to my… Continue a ler Apoiar a Ler! – community video encourages parents to keep children in school
Working with community radio journalists from RC On’hipiti, a radio station on Ilha de Moçambique, h2n program staff organized one of a series of community mobilization events that take place under the auspices of Transform Nutrition, a USAID-funded project focused on improving nutritional outcomes in Nampula. The event was focused on understanding myths, beliefs and… Continue a ler Community mobilization events help change nutritional practices in Mossuril district
Recently, the h2n team worked with the Muarivai Women’s Association in Namara, Cabo Delgado, a local association consisting of 20 women that was founded in 2015, as part of an ongoing effort to develop partnerships between community radio stations and local associations in the northern provinces. Through the CRP2 project funded by Norway, h2n is… Continue a ler Radio programs on community health improve information and increase uptake of health services
Using community video to change social norms and behaviors, h2n is engaging groups of community members who learn how to address key issues related to health, nutrition and gender equality by producing short videos from the communities. Randomized controlled trials from India show that community video is 10 times more effective in changing norms and… Continue a ler Community video aims to drive social and behavior change at the community level
Working within the Five Pillar sustainability framework, a systematic approach to sustainability for community radios and other community-based organizations, h2n has been training community radio administrators and reports in Maputo and Gaza on a wide range of initiatives. These include financial management, marketing, strategy, conflict management and creating an organizational culture that fosters creativity, transparency… Continue a ler Pursuing a systematic approach to sustainability for community radios
“I am not giving up,” says Mariza Sebastião, a 17-year adolescent who lives in the Chirangano neighborhood of Quelimane. “When I started dating, I was 14 and my boyfriend was 20,” explains Mariza. “We were truly in love and always together, nothing could separate us, but then I became pregnant. I wasn’t unhappy about the… Continue a ler Community narratives: Mariza became a single mother at 16, but does not intend to give up
Her name is Muanacha Mecussete, and she lives in the Saua-Saua neighborhood of the Nametoria administrative post in Angoche district, some 30 km along a dirt track from the district center, which sometimes looks like a dirt road and sometimes more like a path. “I am usually pregnant again by the time my child can… Continue a ler Community narratives – family planning: Muanacha is 35 and pregnant for the 11th time
