Vocalise Africa is a National Non-Governmental Research Organization that empowers under-served communities, the youth and refugees in Kenya by supporting initiatives that improve their welfare, enhance their access to education and training, and enable them to use their talents, skills and creativity to address social challenges such as advancing Climate Action using various creative Arts such as Radio Drama, Community Theatre, Audio-visual Podcasts, and Interactive community-led Radio Programmes.
Empower the under-served communities, Girls and Women, the Youth and Refugees in Kenya by supporting initiatives that improve their welfare, enhance their access to education and training and enable them to use their talents and creativity to address issues affecting them.
Our vision is to harness the power of creative Arts to empower under-served communities with skills needed to address contemporary issues impacting their lives. Through thought provoking story-telling, we aim to foster awareness, inspire action and strengthen community resilience.
Adopt multifaceted and innovative solutions, evidence research and data driven adaptations to promote under-served communities, youth and refugees’ access to skills and knowledge that advance adoption of social transformation on issues impacting their daily lives.
Vocalise Africa uses creative Radio drama to promote communities’ acquisition of new knowledge and social transformation on issues such as climate change adaptations, youth empowerment, sustainable livelihood opportunities, good governance and addressing gender inequalities among other social issues.
Vocalise Africa uses a creatively designed Spin-Wheel Radio Methodology to develop engaging radio magazines, features and interactive dialogues involving real people discussing issues affecting their communities. Through these radio series, communities are placed at the center of decision making and accelerating the change they want.
Using evidence data gathered from community engagement through interactive radio and community forums, Vocalise Africa communicates impactful stories that demonstrate the resilience of communities to address different issues affecting societies.
Community Engagement Approach
Community engagement is at the core of our work. Vocalise Africa uses a creatively designed Social and Behavior Change Communication Model to engage communities through a collaborative and inclusive public participation approach. Our model provides a platform for diverse stakeholders to contribute towards finding practical and lasting solutions in addressing issues impacting communities.
We work towards establishing how the social environmental factors such as Cultural Norms and Values, Family and Peer Influences and Social Support Networks among other social factors either support or deter people from embracing social behavior change. This process often leads to stronger collaboration and sense of collective responsibility in social initiatives.