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Yetu Community Radio

Also known as Yetu FM, Dzaleka Yetu Community Radio

A multilingual community radio station based in Dzaleka, established to serve refugee and Malawian communities with public information and community programming.

Last reviewed 13 July 20263 sources

Establishment

Yetu Community Radio began broadcasting on 7 August 2018 after the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority awarded a community radio licence to UNHCR. United Nations reporting described it as the first community radio station established in a refugee camp in Southern Africa.

Purpose

The station was created as a shared platform for refugee and Malawian communities. Its programming carries public information, raises awareness of services, and creates space for discussion of child protection, gender-based violence, human rights, livelihoods, and community concerns.

Yetu FM says it broadcasts in English, Chichewa, Kiswahili, French, and Kinyarwanda. That multilingual model reflects both Dzaleka’s population and the surrounding host community.

Community record

Yetu is important not only as a broadcaster but also as a record of community voices. Interviews, news, music, and discussion programmes document daily life in ways that formal reports often do not. Broadcast schedules, frequencies, and staffing can change and should be checked with the station.

References

Sources

  1. 1
    UNHCR launches Yetu Community Radio in Dzaleka refugee camp

    UNHCR Operational Data Portal / United Nations Malawi, 26 October 2018

  2. 2
    About Us

    Yetu FM

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