African Media Association Malta
Bringing Africa Positively Into The News
The African Perspective
African Media Association Malta is a media NGO
that promotes The African Perspective
with News - Empowerment - Advocacy
NEWS
Our mission is to support African migrants in any possible way, in particular through communication with broadcast news, stories and information relating to living in Malta and in Europe through our online community radio, web magazine, video clips and podcasts.
EMPOWERMENT
We empower immigrants with capacity building activities through our integration projects ( local and EU funded) that impart life and soft skills, media and digital literacy.
ADVOCACY
In terms of advocacy, we identify special challenges of the African immigrants in Malta and lobby for positive changes by bringing them to the attention of Governments and other relevant authorities, and to achieve that, we belong to, and work with numerous advocacy groups active in Malta and abroad.
Creation Of AMAM with "Voice of Migrants" Podcast with EEA Grant
Our Social projects
UpGrad_Me 2.0 is the continuation of UpGrad_Me project, which promoted self branding through a video CV using a mobile phone. The gamified experience brings innovation to the project by providing a context for understanding through experience.
IDEAL-M
aims to raise awareness about the dangers of illegal migration and misinformation about the journey to Europe as well as the actual conditions when reaching the hosting countries.
The Real Picture is a project
It is a Strategic Partnership for Youth funded under the Erasmus+ programme that engages young people in social media strategies for public education on the subject of migration.
UpGrad_Me
UpGrad_Me, is a resource for youth workers to help migrant youths utilise social media for personal branding:
presenting themselves in a professional manner to potential employers.
Multilingual podcast
Funded by the US Embassy Malta
Migrants Skills Register connect skilled migrants with employers
Placing migrants into employment
Creation of VOICE OF MIFRANTS PODCAST" EEA Grant
Our Social projects
Radio Literacy (RadioLit)
against drug and substance abuse is a project on media literacy and empowerment for refugees and young people from a migrant background, aged between 16 to 30.
Success Stories RAS
Success Stories among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Malta were put on video, a project whose aim is to showcase the abilities and integration efforts of Refugees into the Maltese society.
On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2021 celebrated every year on June 20, we published four videos portraying success stories of refugees and asylum seekers.
Turning The Tables
AMAM In collaboration with The Anti Racism Unit organises a series of conferences tackling various topics related to the integration of Third country nationals in Malta. Topics ares Eduction
Employment
Documentation
Political Rights
Detention