From: George Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:51 pm Subject: GIVING the poor a voice - The East African - Nairobi,Kenya themediamentor Offline Send Email
GIVING the poor a voice East African - Nairobi,Kenya ... In 1985, notes the World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC), there were fewer than 10 independent radio stations on the entire continent. ... <http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafrican/current/Magazine/Magazine080820054.htm> ------------------------------------------ Read the Full Text of this MediaMentor post at this URL: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mediamentor/message/19255> The increasing number of community radios shows that the ability of ordinary people to communicate with each other has helped to promote democracy and good governance in Africa, writes Itai Madamombe THEIR TRANSMITTERS MAY reach only a few miles, but community radio stations are enabling isolated communities across Africa to voice their own concerns. On air, ordinary citizens discuss issues that are central to them such as gender relations and combating HIV/Aids. They share farming tips and income generation ideas and explore ways to improve education. "Development work at times can be like sleepwalking in fog," Denise Gray-Felder, president of the Communication for Social Change Consortium, said. "You know you're not where you are supposed to be, and you can sense motion, but it is unclear exactly where you're headed. A frequently missing 'guidepost' in development work is local voices. Community radios provide profound new opportunities for more inclusive sustainable development." Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> Digital Divide Network <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
