Das Megaphon

'The Megaphone')[1] is a street newspaper sold by homeless in Graz and other cities in Styria, Austria.

It was started in October 1995 and is run by Catholic charity Caritas.

[2] The paper is published monthly with a circulation of about 13,000 copies.

[2] It is sold mostly by Nigerian and Liberian male refugees.

[1] In 2004, Megaphon sponsored a lecture series aimed at improving homeless people's access to education; the program paid for university professors to give lectures in homeless shelters, and arranged for homeless individuals to have access to local university facilities.