---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [cr-india] Women tune in for some health and nutrition tips From: "Alokesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, November 8, 2007 08:17 To: "cr india" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Women tune in for some health and nutrition tips Staff Reporter CHENNAI: Health and nutrition tips for women will soon be delivered in bite-sized nuggets through M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women's community radio. For a radius of 15 km around the college in Nungambakkam, women can tune into M.O.P. FM 107.8 starting Thursday at 9.30 a.m. for a daily broadcast of 'Pennae Nee Arivai'. The project, initiated by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, New Delhi, with the assistance of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, is an attempt to improve knowledge of health and nutrition among women. Inaugurating the project here on Monday, Social Welfare Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna said while the country was producing female doctors and engineers in large numbers, it still had a large number of malnourished children and maternal deaths during childbirth. Girija, a representative of the community that the women from the college have worked with, expressed her gratitude to the students for taking time off during weekends to explain the need for hygienic and healthy practices, especially to children and pregnant women. R. Sreedher, Director of the Commonwealth Centre, said that more than Rs.2 crore had been allotted for the project nationally and that 13 centres, including five in Tamil Nadu, would be using community radio to transmit knowledge of health and nutrition to women across the country. A government order was passed this week allowing those running the radio programme to seek advertising for five minutes during the 15 to 20 minute programme. Grant The community radio has been given a grant of over Rs.10 lakh, said Ujjwala Tirkey of the council, PSO/Scientist, Department of Science and Technology. Usha Ravi, dean, Academics, and project coordinator at the college, said the project aimed to ensure that the benefits of science flowed equally to men and women. Besides transmitting the programme, students would also interact with women in areas close to the college through discussions, street plays and health camps. http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/08/stories/2007110850970200.htm -------------------------- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi, India. YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
