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Media Aid for Indigenous and Pastoralists Community (Maasai)

Media Aid for Indigenous and Pastoralists Community was formed by a journalist to empower Indigenous and pastoralist communities, who have suffered historical injustices as a result of colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories, and resources. These injustices have prevented them from exercising their rights to development in accordance with their own needs and interests.

Orkonerei FM Radio (Maasai)

Orkonerei FM was formed primarily to improve the lifestyle of the Indigenous Maasai community through information, communication, and education on development issues. It also supports the community in coordinating and organizing local economic development initiatives and facilitates community participation, inclusion, and engagement in a wide range of community development issues.

Eden FM (Khoisan)

Eden FM is a nonprofit community radio station broadcasting in the Garden Route district of the Western Cape province of the Republic of South Africa. The vision of the station is to celebrate the diversity, culture, and heritage of its listeners with programs to inform and educate them. Eighty percent of the station’s listeners are of Khoisan origin, and the station broadcasts programs to help its listeners foster pride in themselves, rediscover their lost history and heritage, and celebrate their achievements.

Tewdufm Community Radio (Badiaranké, Peul)

Tewdufm Community Radio is focused on providing information centered on the local community. It raises awareness about education, women's and children's empowerment, human rights, equal opportunities and gender equality, maternal and child health, and the fight against HIV/AIDS. The station promotes stories on local culture and traditions, the environment and climate change, and especially facilitates women's access to the media.

Nama Online Community Radio (Nama)

The Nama in our community are dedicated to preserving and promoting our rich cultural heritage while supporting sustainable development initiatives in Botswana. The main objective is to safeguard Traditional Knowledge, language, and customs, ensuring that they are passed on to future generations. This can only be achieved through educational programs, cultural festivals and partnerships with like-minded local and international stakeholders.

Center for Indigenous Knowledge, Development and Sustainability (Yoruba)

The Center for Indigenous Knowledge, Development and Sustainability, popularly called CIKDAS, is an Indigenous-led organization created in 2012 to promote Indigenous Knowledge systems in Nigeria, especially in Yoruba land, where cultural values and ideologies are the lifeblood of life.  CIKDAS aims to revive dwindling cultural value systems and highlight the voices of the voiceless in the Indigenous community, preparing the youth to continue to steer the ship. 

Kasambabezi Community Radio (Shona and Tonga)

Kasambabezi Community Radio is an open-wave communication hub for all voices, informing, entertaining, developing, and inspiring an engaged community of Kariba and surrounding areas through quality programming. The main objective is to provide a shared platform for the marginalized and disenfranchised to engage in community development and interact with other people in their own language to help build a sense of community. Another key objective is to identify, nurture, and promote local talent.

Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples' News (representing more than 54 Indigenous Peoples)

Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ News works for the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous communities in Bangladesh through journalism. We primarily train Indigenous youth to develop their journalistic and investigative skills. Bringing the untold stories of Indigenous Peoples from the grassroots to the policy table through journalistic reporting is also another major work of IPNEWS BD.

Indigenous Rights Foundation (Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Newar, Limbu, Magar)

The Indigenous Rights Foundation uses ITV Nepal (a satellite television channel in partnership with Indigenous Television) to advocate for Indigenous rights and promote their languages. ITV Nepal produces programs in 20 Indigenous languages, increasing their voices and their access to the media. This has strengthened the use of Indigenous languages and promoted freedom of expression in Nepal.

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