Community Radio Provides Elderly a Platform to Have Their Voices Heard in rural Macha, Zambia

The rural community of Macha, Zambia has implemented an array of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), as part of a holistic, respectful vision to inspire people in rural communities to reach their collective and individual potential. Macha is a deep-rural chiefdom, based in Zambia's Southern Province. The environment is typical resource-limited rural setting, with community members living in scattered homesteads, with very little infrastructure and a subsistence lifestyle. The vibrant local culture can be characterized within the classical African concept of Ubuntu. It is governed through traditional structures, involving community leaders as chiefs, (senior) head men, and others.