REFUGEE RADIO- TEXT ONLY VERSION
Refugee Radio is live every Sunday 8pm on RadioReverb97.2FM and as a special show on Resonance104.4FM on Friday 10th July at 8pm.
We are a Social Enterprise that gives a voice to those who do not have one, through media, communications and social events.
This page has a selection of podcasts. You can either listen online or download them. There is a more user-friendly Flash player on the main index page that you may prefer to use.
1. Alex.
Alex is a homeless refugee from Iran who has to sleep on the streets in Brighton because nobody will help him.
Special appeal: Please get in touch if you can offer Alex any support.
2. Ryico. Vivenie plays her "desert island discs" from Rwanda and tells us about her work as co-founder of the amazing charity, Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation (rYico), based in Brighton and Kigali.
3. Rosemary.
Celia talks to an Egyptian dancer and biochemist, Rosemary, about Coptic Christian culture and her life in the UK.
Rosemary shares her "desert island discs", including work by the Lebanese diva, Fairuz (pictured).
4. Crossing Bordes. Special Report on the recent Crossing Borders conference, featuring Dr Frank Arnold from Medical Justice on the healthcare treatment of asylum seekers in UK detention.
5. Refugees Aloud Part I .
DJs Hassie and MC Henzy take over the airwaves in this special broadcast by the young people of Refugees Aloud, a Children's Society project in East London.
Includes tunes from Bobi Wine (Uganda) and Papa Wemba (Congo).
6. Refugees Aloud Part I . Part Two of our incredible broadcast by the young people of Refugees Aloud, telling us about the music that helps them deal with their lives.
Thanks to Gifty, Sophie, Kemi, Pauline, Hornella, Esther, Henry, Hassan, Ivano, Hakim, Paolo and Gershon.
"Desert Island Discs" from the young asylum seekers and refugees at RASP, a befriending project in Brighton.
Includes music by Necessary Noize (Kenya), Korchach (Eritrea) and Barham Jam (Afghanistan).
Part Two of the globetrotting selection from the young people at RASP. A brilliantly eclectic range of tunes from Arash and Shaggy to Burning Spear.
Thanks to Ibrahim, Gulmohammad, Sara, Winta, Fev, Rami, Kisanet, Amir, Abdullah and the RASP crew.
9. unhcr. Interview with Peter Kessler, senior spokesperson for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees about the global refugee story and his personal journey as part of the UNHCR.
10. The Princess of Liverpool .
Special Report on the heartbreaking story of Misheel Narantsogt, a Mongolian girl who dreamed of becomming the Princess of Liverpool.
This programme also features the best of Tuvan throat singing music from Mongolia.
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