Community Listeners’ Clubs - Stepping Stones for Action in Rural Areas

Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development

Community Listeners’ Clubs - Stepping Stones for Action in Rural Areas

Year of publication 2011

Pages 58 P.

Author Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development

Product type Document

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This publication summarises the unique experience of the community listeners’ clubs set up in Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo by FAO-Dimitra and its partners. These actionbased information and communication processes have proved so successful that Dimitra decided to share the experience. The first chapter offers a brief overview of the community listeners’ clubs, their goals and internal functioning and the results achieved. The second chapter tells the story of the listeners’ clubs in the words of the stakeholders, explaining how they were established in the two countries. The third chapter sets out more practical guidelines on the stages involved in creating community listeners’ clubs.

Language English

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