BBC Media Action

We are the BBC's international charity - our work supports trustworthy local media around the world to deliver information to people who need it most. We need your help. Donate now: 👉https://bbc.in/4fIJLSz

We're recruiting for a Senior Partnership Manager position on our Central Business Development Team. Based in one of our offices in Africa, Asia or the UK, this role is accountable for increasing creative capacity to develop and secure projects and managing external relationships with a diverse range of donors. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity – closing date: 12/01/2025 Learn more about here: 👉 https://bbc.in/4fFcCXf

We've been working with Ukraine's national broadcaster Suspilne (Public) for over a decade, providing Lifeline training, equipment and support to ensure they can stay on air through the conflict. We asked journalist Svitlana Klosova for her reflections when this image was taken. "I felt like I was in a post-apocalyptic world. There were elegant houses, very beautiful, but they were broken and abandoned, some toys or household items reminded us that people lived there, built their lives, did repairs, drank coffee in their kitchen, and now all that remains are bricks, fragments." We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #PursuitOfTruth

In 2023, Faria was one of the 40 journalists and 20 content producers we trained in Bangladesh to effectively report on how communities are leading the way on climate adaptation. The region is facing a growing impact from climate change, with increasingly severe cyclones causing an estimated cost of $1 billion by 2050. Locally-led adaptations created, driven and implemented by local communities will be vital in helping them adapt and cope. We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more here: https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #PursuitOfTruth #Comms4Climate #BBCMediaAction

The airwaves in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities continue to be filled with BBC Media Action radio content that transforms lives. As we mark our 25th anniversary, take a look back with the BBC History Unit here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #BBCMediaAction #BBCHistory #Comms4Climate

I had the privilege of a virtual visit to BBC Media Action’s FABULOUS Nepal team this week. THE most inspiring way to start the day.   Bet you didn’t know the team took BBC's Question Time - https://lnkd.in/eA-MyQ3b - format, where members of the public in the UK get to ask questions directly to politicians, and ran it in Nepal! 562 episodes of Sajha Sawal ('Common Questions') ran over 12 years, with broadcasts and audiences from every single one of Nepal’s 77 (often extremely mountainous and hard to reach) districts, including on top of a mountain (see pic)! 7 out of 8 sitting Nepali Prime Ministers took part, more than appear on the UK version for sure.   With thanks to our donors Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for funding Sajha Sawal. This is just one example of the magic our 26-person Nepal team has created. Other projects include humanitarian Lifeline programming Milijuli Nepali ('Together Nepal'), providing advice via radio to Nepalese about how to rebuild their homes after the devastating 2015 earthquake, providing advice and support to female health workers via mobile phones (mHealth), tackling climate change (Nepal is highly vulnerable and also acts as the ‘water towers’ for South Asia, supplying water to much of the region) and research on mis- and disinformation, which is driving division and polarisation in Nepalese society. Included in the team are 7 staff who are part of BBC Media Action’s global cross country support team, providing finance, IT and research support to all of our 30 countries, which stretch from Sierra Leone to Peru, via much of Africa, Eastern European, Asia and The Pacific.   Our Nepal office is also an example of ‘One BBC’, we share office space and work closely with the @World Service Nepali language service and our disinformation research is conducted jointly with BBC Monitoring. THANK YOU to our Nepal Country Director Shobhana Gurung Pradhan and the entire team for an AMAZING visit. #BBCMediaAction #Media4Good 

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal causing mass devastation for 1.8 million people.   Within hours of the earthquake, we were working with BBC Nepali to get lifesaving information to people in immediate need. We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: Whttps://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #Comms4Climate #BBCMediaAction 

In autumn 2020, Story Story returned to the airwaves with new episodes exploring and challenging negative stereotypes and myths around disability and neurodiversity - aiming to encourage more inclusive attitudes towards access to education and employment for people with disabilities. We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: Learn more here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #PursuitOfTruth #StoryStory #Nigeria

In October 2023, we received an Averted Disaster Award Special Recognition, for saving lives in East Africa by helping people like Wambaz, a farmer in Marsabit, Kenya, prepare for extreme weather. Weather Wise and Down 2 Earth brought together media professionals and scientists to improve communication around essential weather and climate information, ensuring that it reflects people’s voices and needs. We’re celebrating 25 stories over 25 years of BBC Media Action - learn more about our work here: 📱https://bbc.in/4eBBz5e #25Years25Stories #MediaForGood #Comms4Climate #Down2Earth #WeatherWise

The power of radio in a crisis In a crisis, media can reach millions of people - fast - with life-saving information to support people to make informed choices and transform their own lives. £30 could buy a solar-powered, wind-up radio to supply a community with critical information in crisis. We are the BBC’s international charity - support our work with local broadcasters, ensuring people on the frontlines of crises have trustworthy information. Donate at BBC Media Action here 👉 https://bbc.in/3VrQdoP #BBCMediaAction #Media4Good #Charity #Donate