What Awaz Means
Awaz (Pashto/Dari/Urdu/HIndi: آواز) means "voice."
It's what gets raised when communities stand up for themselves.
It's what gets silenced when the wrong people control the narrative.
And it's what we help you reclaim.
Why Awaz Exists
The gap between brilliant changemakers and the resources they need to be heard isn't about talent. It's about access.
Across the international development sector, the same pattern repeats: immigrant-led organizations, grassroots movements, and Global Majority nonprofits doing transformative work, but struggling to tell their stories in ways that attract funding, build visibility, and sustain impact. Not because they lack compelling narratives, but because they don't have access to the same communications infrastructure that well-funded, Western-led organizations take for granted -- and they're reclaiming their community's narratives in the process.
Meanwhile, traditional consulting operates on a model most grassroots organizations can't afford: six-figure strategy decks, six-month retainers, and frameworks built for institutions with full communications teams.
The result? The people closest to the solutions are consistently overlooked, under-resourced, and outpaced by organizations with bigger budgets and better PR - regardless of actual impact.
We built Awaz to close that gap. To create communications infrastructure that's accessible, authentic, and designed for organizations navigating real constraints. To partner with changemakers who deserve to be heard on their own terms, not perform for donors who don't understand their work.
WHO WE SERVE
Awaz works with organizations who are:
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Led by and serving immigrant, refugee, and diaspora communities
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Committed to ethical storytelling that centers proximate leadership
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Building sustainable impact on their own terms
If you're tired of consultants who don't understand your communities, your context, or your constraints, we see you. And we're here to change that.
Our Values
Proximity over performance. We believe the people closest to the work are the ones who should be telling the story.
Access over gatekeeping. Effective communications shouldn't require a six-figure budget or the "right" connections.
Authenticity over aesthetics. Beautiful design matters, but not more than honest storytelling.
Partnership over extraction. We build with you, not for you.
