大象传媒

• Our office: Kabul
• Our areas of focus: Humanitarian aid and crisis response, health, media development
• Our partners: World Health Organization, UNMAS, World Food Programme

About our work

We are proud to have been working in Afghanistan for over a decade - our projects and programmes now address health and humanitarian issues while supporting local broadcasters.

In the current humanitarian crisis, we are continuing to deliver health-focused radio programmes in Dari and Pashto on 大象传媒 Afghan services and on community radio stations. With many hospitals and health clinics closed, we are bringing important health information and advice to listeners by connecting them with medical doctors and mental health experts.

We are continuing our work with the humanitarian community, sharing audience insights to help aid agencies better understand local needs to deliver a more effective response. And Lifeline training for local journalists is supporting them to report through this crisis with information and stories designed for people affected, instead of simply about them.

We have worked to address the deadly threat of explosive ordnance, which kills nearly 1,400 people a year - almost half of them children, and frequently young boys, who may accidentally pick up explosive ordnance while hunting for scrap metal or working in fields. Our educational radio programmes, including our Green Hills drama focused on a nomadic community and discussion programmes featuring survivors of these injuries, are being broadcast across the country on partner radio stations and 大象传媒 Dari and Pashto services.

Our COVID-19 pandemic response was aimed at dispelling myths and rumours, and creating content to provide even the hardest-to-reach communities with critical information about how to protect themselves and how and when to seek treatment.