PCI Media Impact Brochure

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empowers communities worldwide to inspire positive social and environmental change through storytelling and creative communications.

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From the earliest human existence, stories have helped us to understand our world and share our experiences. Stories inspire us, teach us, move us and in so doing… they change the world.

“Once Upon a Time...”

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“Once Upon a Time...”

Entertainment-Education is the process of designing and delivering messages via television, radio and digital platforms that both entertain and educate. The goal is to increase the audience’s knowledge about an issue, shift attitudes and change behaviors.

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PCI Media Impact is the world leader in Entertainment-Education and communications for social change. For over 25 years, our unique storytelling strategies have impacted communities worldwide.

Through our innovative My Community approach, we work with the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations to create sustainable change.

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Through radio, television, digital and other media platforms, PCI Media Impact addresses complex issues related to health, the environment and empowering the most vulnerable. With the invaluable support of our partners around the world, we continue to expand our thematic and geographic focus, reaching more people in innovative ways, one story at a time…

5,000 episodes

100productions

1 billionpeople

45countries

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As the world’s population surpasses seven billion, health issues have never been more important. In response, PCI Media Impact’s programs address issues relevant to population including family planning and sexual health, teenage pregnancy, public sanitation and hygiene, among others.

Our program in Peru is emblematic of the health work PCI Media Impact undertakes, as population and environmental pressures threaten health and well-being. Water is not only in short supply there, but it is also poorly-distributed. PCI Media Impact is working with USAID and regional partners to broadcast The Story of Our Water, raising awareness about public sanitation, hygiene and water resource management, in order to bring safe drinking water to the millions living throughout Peru without this basic human necessity.

MEDIA FOR HEALTH

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MEDIA FOR ENVIRONMENT

Our natural world is growing increasingly vulnerable. To help protect our environment, PCI Media Impact has launched programs to address critical issues such as climate change adaptation, tiger, gorilla and chimpanzee conservation, natural resource management, water sanitation and sustainable livelihoods.

Our radio drama Callaloo airs in 15 countries and reaches over 5.5 million listeners in the Caribbean. The 130-episode, Entertainment-Education drama promotes a clear vision of what people can do to mitigate the damages of climate change. Supported by mascots, school visits and musical performances, the drama is resulting in increased protection of the islands’ precious mangroves as well as the promotion of sustainable fishing and farming, garbage disposal and conservation-minded policies.

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MEDIA FOR EMPOWERMENT

Strengthening the roles of women and youth brings lasting social change. PCI Media Impact includes gender equality and youth-related storylines in every drama we produce. Our programs help stop violence against women, support family planning, highlight indigenous rights and promote financial literacy, among many other issues.

In the Mexican state of Chiapas, PCI Media Impact worked with the local government to produce a 36-episode telenovela entitled Mucho Corazón, which was broadcast on over 20 stations in eight countries. The popular program weaves together themes of women’s rights, indigenous discrimination, and financial literacy. After the program aired, 64 percent of viewers reported that they had learned how to safely stand up for their own rights.

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MEDIA FOR YOUR STORYIn today’s world, effective storytelling requires using and understanding a range of communications platforms, including radio, video, mobile and online media. PCI Media Impact’s program success is built on our deep technical expertise and broad experience in producing materials that are tailored for target audiences and contextualized within the local culture. Our approach of working with local organizations has perfected our skills as mentors and producers.

We offer our production services and strategic support to organizations that can benefit from our expertise or want to include Entertainment-Education methodology in their initiatives. Examples of our services include media coverage and event support for United Nations Framework for the Convention of Climate Change, communications training for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, filming and production of a documentary for Women’s World Banking on microfinance, video production for UNDP, IUCN and The Nature Conservancy and an intensive course in Entertainment-Education at UCLA’s Art & Global Health Center.

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Coalition Building & Formative ResearchWe host in-country workshops with the coalition partners. These workshops analyze the formative research, provide training in Entertainment-Education and initiate the process of developing a comprehensive behavior change campaign.

PHASE TWO

Our “My Community ” Approach

We identify and recruit a diverse group of coalition members. They are familiar with the culture, language and needs of targeted communities and drive formative research to understand the local context.

PHASE ONE

Training & Program Design

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We mentor coalition partners. We help them develop and produce the scripts and media materials, using available radio, television and digital platforms.

Mentoring & Production

PHASE THREE

We provide both on-site and distance mentoring during broadcast and implementation of all components of the program. This support typically includes training, design and implementation of interactive radio and TV call-in shows, as well as community action campaigns.

Broadcast & Community Mobilization

PHASE FOUR

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How We Tell Our StoriesRadio or TV Call-In Shows Interactive call-in shows are created so that the audience can engage in real-time discussions about the issues presented in the drama as well as relevant local resources and events. The shows use music, competitions and prize giveaways to energize and inspire the audience.

Community Mobilization CampaignsMobilization Campaigns provides an opportunity for direct community action. Whether it’s through a community fair or a school visit, this critical phase leverages available resources and networks, seeking policy support and engagement of service providers to inspire lasting social change.

Serial DramasThe core of each program is the production and broadcast of a serial drama which tackles sensitive subjects in a non-threatening manner. Using our Entertainment-Education methodology, key messages are woven into an informative and engaging story.

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How We Tell Our Stories

The My Community model values monitoring and evaluation, a process we call learning. As communicators, we focus on understanding the audience’s needs as it evolves and changes throughout the program.

We measure the success of our programs across three indicators:

1. The capacity of our local partners to effectively use communications to catalyze change in their community.

2. The size of the community that supports this work.

3. The positive changes in audience knowledge, attitudes and behaviors around targeted social, health and environmental issues.

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“In Liberia our parents did not go to school. Only boys went to school. Girls were told to marry boys in order to be taken care of. I don’t want to be like our parents, I want to learn to become someone in order to change our future.”

Vistor, Liberia

Mobilize4Africa Participant

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“There are a lot of issues on the street like homelessness, poverty, gang violence—with My School-My Community, we discuss them and figure out how to make them better in order to make a change in people’s lives.”

Habib, NYC

My School-My Community Student

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“If you teach a man to fish...”

BE A PART OF THE STORY

Visit our Website:www.mediaimpact.orgVisit our website, sign up for our newsletter, like us on Facebook and join us on Twitter to get updates about all of our programs.

Make a DonationYour contributions and our programs together change the world.

VolunteerJoin us to experience the difference we make first-hand.

At the heart of our methodology is capacity building. vv Media Impact works with partners and empowers local communities to become self-sufficient. We provide our partners with the knowledge, tools and mentorship to develop these programs and keep them flourishing after we’ve left.

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Green Gabon (Gabon)

Hen Mpoano/Our Coast (Ghana)

Mobilize4Africa (Liberia)

Mucho Corazon (Mexico)

My Chimpanzee – My Community (Burundi and Rwanda)

My Gorilla – My Community (Nigeria and Cameroon)

My Island – My Community (Caribbean region)

My School – My Community (USA)

My Tiger – My Community (Laos)

The Story of Our Water (Peru)

My Western Chimpanzee – My Community (Sierra Leone and Liberia)

My Wildlife-My Community (Tanzania)

Not For Sale (Bolivia)

STEWARD (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone)

Strong Voices-Strong Women (Peru, Colombia and Bolivia)

Sustainable Fisheries (Belize)

Voices in the Mist (Mexico)

Young People Telling Stories (Peru)

Our Current Programs

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“The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.”

PCI Media Impact – Headquarters777 United Nations Plaza – 5th FloorNew York, NY 10017, USA

[email protected]: (212) 687 - 3366

www.mediaimpact.org

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