HIT RADIO SHOW BRINGS FAMILY PLANNING, GENDER EQUALITY INFORMATION TO NEARLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE
Following the sweeping popularity of the first season of Agashi (“Hey! Look Again!”), PMC launched a second season to widespread acclaim in Burundi. With 208 episodes, Agashi 2 addressed a number of key themes including reproductive health, gender equality, family planning, hygiene, and nutrition.
And Agashi 2 brought in a huge audience again, with 75% of those surveyed saying that they had heard of the show. That’s 1.8 million people and an estimated one million Burundians listening loyally to more than half of the episodes.
PMC works around the world, and many of the places we work face conflict. It makes our work more difficult, but it also makes our work more important.
When radio stations are being burned to the ground, it’s challenging to find ways to broadcast. It’s scary to have actors and technicians meet at the studio when there’s gunshots in the street. And it’s a combination of practicality, safety, and perseverance that guide our staff in their decisions.
We are storytellers. We use entertainment to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Our work has impacted more than 50 countries.
AMAZON THREATENED TO FIRE WORKERS WHO SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE COMPANY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT
Amidst a clamp-down on employee organizing that has spread throughout the tech industry, Amazon is being accused of attempting to silence workers who have publicly criticized the company’s environmental record.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: SLOW POPULATION GROWTH IS A GOOD THING
As a young citizen who worries for and cares about the future of the environment, I cannot help but see a decrease in population as a way of slowing the human effects on climate change.
During her 45 years of teaching, Roffman has witnessed the evolution of the nation’s attitude toward sex education and, as her experience at the public school shows, how uneven that education can be.
