Dear James,
Your effort and commitment to get to this stage has paid off. To better radio days at PARD Vanoli. We hope that the community drives it all the way... Congrats! Looking forward to visit the station again. Best Wishes ekta (for maraa) On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Dr Richie Rego SJ <[email protected]>wrote: > Congratulations James & Team! & Good wishes to you. > > ==================================== > Rev Dr Richard Rego SJ > Director, SARANG SAC 107.8FM Community Radio > Head & Asst Prof., MCMS > Dept of Mass Communication > St Aloysius College; P.B. 720 > Mangalore - 575003. > www.richardrego.wordpress.com > www.staloysiuscollege.wordpress.com > 0824-2449706. > +919448546425. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jaisakthivel <[email protected]> > *To:* dx india <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 10 September, 2009 11:16:46 > *Subject:* [cr-india] PARD Vaanoli Community Radio - An Introduction > > People’s Action for Rural Development (PARD) is a civil society institution > set up in Madurai as early as 1988. Initially, PARD started working with > urban slum dwellings in the city of Madurai, but soon expanded its > activities to become the main coordinator of LISA Network (Low Inputs for > Sustainable Agriculture), and also moved to rural areas of Tamil Nadu, in > order to implement micro-finance actvities with rural women. > > About two years back, soon after the Central Government released the > community radio guidelines, PARD applied for a license. However, the Letter > of Intent was not provided to PARD. Moreover, no reason was provided for > rejection of the application. PARD applied to the High Court, and this is > perhaps the first instance where the government has been taken to court > specifically on community radio. It would hearten supporters of the movement > to know that since the government had not given any reason, nor could they > justify why they had rejected the application, the government just as > suddenly passed the application. > > A couple of months ago, PARD finally got its Wireless Operating License, > with considerable patience and courage shown by director, Mr. James > Rajasekharan, and with equally considerable help from Commonwealth > Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA). Without any fund or any other > kind of support, PARD mobilised internal support to set up a basic low cost > radio station. Finally after receipt of WOL, UNESCO agreed to pitch in with > some support through the International Program for Development of > Communication (IPDC), a major forum of the UN, with member states pitching > in with support. This support includes four capacity building programs, some > nominal support for equipment and one transmitter and antenna from NOMAD > India Network. > > Set about 30 kilometers from Madurai, PARD Vaanoli has a full time team of > 7 people, with 2 announcers, 2 field reporters and 3 reporters/editors. > Further, PARD has also mobilised about 6 volunteers from Madurai who are > basically slum development workers, but are expected to pitch in with the > radio as well. > > PARD Vaanoli has already started producing programs with their production > set up, and in July, NOMAD India has successfully installed a transmitter > and antenna. This means that PARD Vaanoli is all set to go. > > While PARD’s courage and tenacity in starting their community radio station > in the face of obstacles from the government and sans support from donor > agencies, other civil society networks etc, the fact remains that PARD > Vaanoli is a station in its infancy and still requires a lot of support in > terms of capacity building; secondary equipment; seed funding, programmatic > support, and so on. > > It is with a sense of keen anticipation that one will watch the progress of > this tough station, and how it will slowly but surely make a remarkable > difference to the community in and around Thirumangalam, Madurai. We wish > them all the very best, and hope to continue our association with them in > the future as well. > > By Ram • August 7, 2009 (Source:http://maraa.in) > > > Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. > http://in.yahoo.com/trynew > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india > -- -this too shall pass-
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