Rachel Ellison

Media for Development

Media for Development uses the power of radio, TV, text message or online media, to inform, educate and empower ordinary people in disadvantaged communities or crisis situations, to change their lives for the better. Transmitting free health, education, human rights, farm pricing or emergency response, e.g. how to find safe drinking water after an earthquake or tsunami.

Rachel Ellison created an award-winning radio programme for the BBC called 'Afghan Woman's Hour'. It aims to inform, empower and entertain girls, their mothers and their grandmothers. Rachel was subsequently asked to consult on similar projects in India, Iraq and East Africa.

Rachel was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for this work by the British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [UK State Department].

Rachel consults on media for development to BBC, UNESCO, ActionAid, Oxfam, FCDO.