Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) is a regional non-profit, non-governmental communication for development organization. We use innovative methodologies to engage the media and other key stakeholders to ensure that the development agenda is shaped and driven by the most affected members of Southern Africa’s communities.
PSAf was founded in 1996 as a branch of Panos London, and became an autonomous institution in May 2005. Our regional office is located in Lusaka, Zambia, and our satellite offices are in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Maputo, Mozambique. PSAf works in 12 Southern African nations, namely, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. PSAf is part of a Global Network of independent and autonomous Panos Institutes based in London, Paris, Canada, South Asia, Eastern Africa, West Africa, and the Caribbean..
Our Vision:
A Southern African community that drives its own development.Our Mission:
To amplify voices of the poor and marginalised to shape their own development.Focus of our work
We work to ensure that information is effectively used to foster development by empowering communities to shape their own agenda. We particularly focus on amplifying the voices of the poor and marginalized. We do this through:
countries
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projects
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Publications
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Our Strategic Objectives:
Our Core Values:
At Panos, we believe that true development can only be achieved through engagement with the most vulnerable members of our communities. We use our innovative communication approaches to raise awareness on key issues in development among the poor and marginalized, and give them platforms from which to address policy makers and intervention specialists concerning their most pressing needs. We help the voiceless to gain a voice and effect changes locally, nationally, and internationally on issues vital to their advancement and well-being.
By working with both mainstream and alternative media, we provide an essential link between the general population and their leaders. Panos works to ensure that the results of our endeavours foster dialogue and debate between all levels of society to formulate a development agenda that is inclusive, sustainable, and egalitarian.
We address development-related topics in a number of different thematic areas. These include Media and ICTs, HIV and AIDS, Health, Governance and Development, Vulnerable Groups, and Environment and Natural Resource Management. Find more details about particular programmes on the Programmes page. We engage issues and players in these fields by applying a well-defined set of strategic approaches to our communication endeavours.
Strategic Approaches:
Listings
Radio listening clubs (RLCs)
Interactive radio programmes (IRPs)
Research reports
Manuals/toolkits
Roundtable discussion/debates
Policy briefs