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News From Afghanistan

The iMedia-assisted pro­jects imple­mented by Media Sup­port Part­ner­ship Afgh­anistan (MSPA) have come to the end of their first phase. Funding applic­a­tions have been sub­mitted to con­tinue with the Mahaal radio fea­ture news agency, Talking Books and the Straight Talk Youth pro­gramme. See www.mspa.org.af The Hel­mand Radio drama has been a par­tic­ular suc­cess, with the local scriptwriters working remotely in Hel­mand province receiving visits from Editor ... continue reading about News From Afghanistan

iMedia’s new projects

iMedia is involved in two major pro­jects which launched in Autumn 2011 – Pakhto Voices in Pakistan and the Nigeria Sta­bility and Recon­struc­tion Pro­gramme (NSRP). Both are con­flict trans­form­a­tion pro­jects, and both are likely to involve a full range of media from radio pro­gram­ming to SMS and social media.  ... continue reading about iMedia’s new projects

Talking Books — an iMedia project in Afghanistan

iMedia’s Afghan partner is sup­porting Afghanistan’s long lit­erary tra­di­tion by broad­casting adapt­a­tions of local and Western clas­sics in Dari and Pashto. ... continue reading about Talking Books — an iMedia project in Afghanistan

News from Afghanistan

In Afgh­anistan, the fifty strong team at iMedia’s affil­iate organ­isa­tion Media Sup­port Part­ner­ship Afgh­anistan (MSPA) has been busy on a number of fronts — launching three major new pro­jects and moving office — and coping with a five fold increase in its annual budget! iMedia has provided sup­port with an inter­na­tional editor, and fin­an­cial and tech­nical experts. A state of the art studio suite is ... continue reading about News from Afghanistan

Activities in Autumn 2010

After a busy autumn in Afgh­anistan and else­where, iMedia dir­ectors are now back in the UK having begun to pre­pare for a number of new ven­tures. These include a new Pashto news ser­vice we are in the pro­cess of set­ting up and a talking books pro­ject. We are also hoping to hear shortly about a major new project. iMedia Asso­ci­ates is playing a sig­ni­ficant role ... continue reading about Activities in Autumn 2010