Rachael Cox

Community Media 4 Kenya

Fundraising for University of Brighton
£263
raised
Community Media 4 Kenya, 18 January 2023
Community Media 4 Kenya
Campaign by University of Brighton (RCN HMRC Registered)
CM4K is a partnership of students from the University of Brighton & Rongo University, Kenya. We provide equipment and community media training, especially community radio production.

Story

Hello and thanks for visiting the Community Media 4 Kenya 2022/23 page. CM4K is raising funds to build a community radio station in Cham gi Wadu a marginalised rural community in the heart of the Nyanza region of Kenya. CM4K was approached by a collective of subsistence farmers and community groups from Cham gi Wadu requesting our help: 1) to build a community radio station; and 2) to train local people to operate and sustain the radio station as a community resource. Radio in this community provides an essential lifeline to people in remote communities. It provides a cost-effective means of communication for rural people and is the technology most commonly found in Kenyan homes. Radio provides access to essential information to marginalised peoples in rural Kenya. In semi-arid areas, cattle herders can often be seen roaming the dry landscape with their cattle and portable radios held in their hands. Elderly men at homesteads sit in the sun in the morning with portable radios placed

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About the campaign

CM4K is a partnership of students from the University of Brighton & Rongo University, Kenya. We provide equipment and community media training, especially community radio production.

About the charity

University of Brighton

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RCN HMRC Registered
Donations made to the University of Brighton support a number of areas, including: providing scholarships for our most talented students; providing assistance to students undergoing financial hardship; funding research and community engagement activities; and increasing the student experience.

Donation summary

Total raised
£262.79
+ £23.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£262.79
Offline donations
£0.00

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