---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio - May 6 2009 From: "The Soul Beat" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 03:34 To: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio May 6 2009 For people using community radio for social change... === The Soul Beat Extra: Community Radio updates you on community radio related programme experiences, awards, trainings, evaluations, research results and resource materials recently placed on the Soul Beat Africa website. SB Extra: Community Radio complements The Soul Beat newsletter through a specific focus on Community Radio. SB Extra: Community Radio subscribers: 6788 Soul Beat Africa Portal User Sessions, past 12 months: 104,786 === For further information on Community Radio in Africa visit Soul Beat Africa's Community Radio themesite - http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio If you know someone who would be interested in receiving this free e-publication, please forward this edition to them. They can "subscribe" by subscribing to The Soul Beat (through the registration process) and indicating an interest in community radio. See http://www.comminit.com/en/user/register/38 === 1. Citizen Empowerment for Good Governance through Community Radios in West Africa This book, published by World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Africa (AMARC Africa), is a compilation of reports that seek to increase the social impact of community radio in West Africa. The book consists of papers by 24 different contributors. The contributions provide perspectives from a variety of West African countries related to the state of community radio, national broadcasting landscapes, legislative frameworks, good governance, and challenges and constraints in the sector... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/288880/376 2. Financial Sustainability Model for Community Radio Stations in Southern Africa This document presents a financial sustainability model that has been developed by The Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship Development (SAIMED) with the aim of assisting community radio stations in Southern Africa to become financially sustainable from inception... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/189522/376 3. Heeding the Voiceless: A Guide to Use Oral Testimonies for Radio Documentaries This manual, published by Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA), explains the philosophy of the Oral Testimony (OT) and suggests a step-by-step approach for community radio volunteers, and radio journalists in general, who may want to use this format. According to the publishers, OT focuses on "hidden" voices, contexts, and content. The hidden voices refer to the masses in the country that do not have the opportunity to make their voices heard at government level, or on public platforms... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/289386/376 4. Wontanara (We Are United) - Guinea In an effort to help restore peace and address post-conflict issues, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) has collaborated with Guinea's national media institution, Raido Rurale Guinee, to produce and broadcast a radio soap opera entitled Wontanara (We Are United). Wontanara, which was initiated in 2007, was designed to address issues such as refugee flows and ethnic tensions in a non-partisan and non-adversarial fashion... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/288566/376 5. Community Radio Start-Up Information Guide This guide, published by Farm Radio International, is meant to be used as a tool for those interested in starting a community radio station. It provides a general overview of some of the steps that are involved in starting up a community radio station and provides resources for further information... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/289916/376 6. Community Media Sustainability: The Business of Changing Lives Launched by Internews, this guide addresses the challenge of how to make community media financially sustainable in countries around the world. It covers topics such as incorporating new online platforms and using alternative energy to power radio stations... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/287055/376 7. Community Media Index (CMI) - South Africa In partnership with the National Community Radio Forum (NRF), the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) developed the Community Media Index (CMI), a participatory assessment and action planning tool designed to be used by community media projects to enhance their ability to reflect and grow... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/290185/376 8. Media Pluralism, Democratic Discourses and Political Accountability in Africa This document is part of the publication of papers for a conference on "The Role of the News Media in the Governance Reform Agenda". Its purpose is to describe the media landscape of the previous two decades on the African continent... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/280886 9. Women in Post Conflict Situations (WIPCS) Radio Project - Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) This is a project by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) that works to provide a platform, via radio, for women in post-conflict Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to share their stories of survival... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/290598/376 10. Urungano (Generation) - Rwanda This is a youth radio programme, launched by Search for Common Grounds (SFCG) in Rwanda in 2008, which is designed to give young people, especially girls, a platform to explore and discuss issues such as rapid urbanisation, street children, reconciliation, and underage marriage... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/290675/376 === VOTE IN THE COMMUNITY RADIO POLL: Communities in Africa interact with their local community radio stations... *Sufficiently: communities influence programming content in a meaningful way. *Infrequently: communities dont generally engage with their local community radio stations. *Not at all: community radio stations struggle to feature the voices of their specific communities. *With difficulty: communities try to engage with their community radio stations, but the stations wont hear them or feature their voices, struggles, and opinions. To vote and send comments go to http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio and see the Top Right side of the page. === RECENTLY UPDATED SUMMARIES ON THE SOUL BEAT AFRICA WEBSITE: Soul Beat Africa is not just seeking information on new projects, but we also like to keep the existing project information on our website up to date. If your project is featured on the Soul Beat Africa website, and if you think it requires an update, please send information to [email protected] We will then feature it in the next Soul Beat Extra newsletter. 11. Radio Galkayo, Radio for Peace - Somalia This is a radio station which seeks to promote ideas of peace, love, labour, and development in Somalia. This station was started in 1993, during the 1991 to 1996 civil war, when a group of young people, some older members of the community, and a few intellectuals came together in Galkayo to advance the idea of a radio station for peace... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/124450/376 12. Radio Okapi Network - Congo (DRC) Launched in 2002, Radio Okapi is a project by the United Nations (UN) and Foundation Hirondelle which works to promote the process of dialogue and peace-building in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It includes nine radio stations broadcasting in French and 4 other commonly spoken languages in the Congo, with programmes devoted to themes such as health, education, human rights, culture, and music... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/128825/376 13. Mundo Sem Segredos (World Without Secrets) - Mozambique This was a children's radio programme in Mozambique that addressed HIV/AIDS and childrens rights issues. A collaboration between Media Support Partnership (MSP), a British non-governmental organisation (NGO), and Radio Mozambique, children participated in the programming and hosting of the radio shows. The programme was designed to encourage open dialogue between young people and other members of the community about HIV/AIDS and to reduce the mystery and stigma surrounding the disease... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/129465/376 14. Facing Justice Radio Programme - Congo (DRC) Launched in April 2008, Facing Justice is a radio programme, produced by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting Netherlands (IWPR-NL), which seeks to increase public awareness in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about war crimes trials taking place at the International Criminal Court. IWPR-NL partner, Search for Common Ground (SFCG), distributes the programme via a network of more than 90 partner radio stations within the country... http://www.comminit.com/en/node/289202/376 === For more information on Community Radio, see: Community Radio Theme Site http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/community-radio/ See also: Edutainment Theme Site http://www.comminit.com/en/africa/edutainment.html === If you have received this from another source, and would like to subscribe to The Soul Beat and SBA Extra: Community Radio, please visit http://www.comminit.com/en/user/register/38 or e-mail [email protected] _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
