|
YOUTH RADIO INITIATIVES
1. Bulgarian School Radio Project -
Bulgaria
The goal of this project was to train
Roma children from different backgrounds to work with radio equipment
and to gain experience in journalism. School radio clubs in 15 schools
were formed with Roma-Bulgarian, Roma-Turkish, Roma, Turkish, and
Bulgarian children. Radio journalists from Bulgarian National Radio
conducted five 2-day seminars for students and teachers. Equipment was
provided to each school and weekly programmes were created and then
produced and distributed over the public address system of the schools.
Some programmes are also broadcast on local private stations and on the
National Radio.
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv102002/sld-6483.html
Contact Hristo Kyuchukov
hristo@einet.bg OR
hkbalkan@einet.bg
2. Butterflies Radio Project - India
A dozen 7- to 18-year old street and
working children in New Delhi called 'Bal Mazdoor' have organised a
children's rights radio initiative. The 1/2 hour programme features news
(local and international), popular music, and interviews. For example,
one programme was based on the reports of closure of a night shelter
without prior notice. It focused on the hardship that streetchildren
faced as a result of the closure. The programmes are broadcast from a
two-in-one cassette recorder placed on a rickshaw with loud speakers
attached to it.
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv112002/sld-6665.html
Contact Rita Panicker
butterflies@vsnl.com
3. Chaskiwawas - Peru
Youth child rights reporters,
originally part of a UNICEF project, are now working in the highlands
and lowlands of Peru with a network of local radio stations.
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv112002/sld-6699.html
Contact Rocio Franco
ROCIOF@idl.org.pe
4. Children's Radio Education
Workshop (CREW) - South Africa
3 shows - BushTots, BushKidz and
BushTeens - are created and aired by youth involved in the community
radio station, BUSH Radio. Organised under the CREW umbrella the scheme
allows for up to 20 young people to be involved in training to produce
and broadcast their own weekend radio shows.
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv92002/sld-6099.html
Contact
mother@bushradio.ca.za
5. Hatemalo Radio Programme - Nepal
In an effort to build up the
self-esteem of disabled children, success stories from different
countries are aired on a radio programme. The message is: "another child
with the same disadvantages has achieved this: don't let your disability
overcome your strengths. You, too, can do it!" Children participate in
every step of production of the programme, from developing the idea for
the script to the production of the radio show. At annual planning
meetings, children suggest major topics or issues for the next year.
Based on these suggestions, radio programmes are developed and
broadcast.
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv102002/sld-6553.html
Contact Kumar Bhattarai
hatemalo@mail.com.np
|
