Over the last year, h2n has scaled up the production and use of educational videos for a wide range of purposes related to both project objectives and organizational development. “Videos have the advantage that people can watch them where, when and as often as they want,” says Libério Nhantumbo, project specialist at h2n. Libério believes… Continue a ler Educational videos support effective skills development at the community level
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
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
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
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
“I no longer want to get married or have more children,” says Gina Estevão, a resident of Manganira village in Milange. She told her story to reporters from Thumbine community radio as part of an effort to use first-person narratives to address important issues in the community. “I am 24 years old and married at… Continue a ler h2n promotes community narratives as powerful communication mechanism
