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"We started to realize that if we were being clever, we would create an information service," says Powell. "If we could create a way that this content was trusted and verified and developed then we would become something quite unique and special."In much of the Western world, the ubiquity of social media can mean we take the almost limitless opportunities we have to share our experiences for granted. Powell and Radar have helped to extend that same freedom to communities all over the world, so they can tell their stories in their own words, using nothing more powerful than a text.Freda moved to the UK from Uganda to seek asylum six years ago. She's since struggled to access basic services such as housing and mental health support. This summer, while staying at a homeless shelter, a support worker introduced her to Radar. Since then, she's been sharing her stories as part of a Comic Relief-funded project."I feel that I've been given a voice to share my experiences in a way that they are probably going to benefit someone else—giving someone an understanding of what happens on a day to day basis," she says. "I just feel that my voice is being heard."Follow Mark Wilding on Twitter.Read on Motherboard: This Rural Community Is Building Its Own Gigabit Internet Network