Here’s a snapshot of the work we’ve been involved in in Dadeldura, Nepal. A remote mountainous region where we work in partnership with Human Development & Community Services to provide a community FM station, seeking to tackle the needs and problems in the region.

History was made in the western Nepali town of Dadeldhura yesterday (Saturday 14th June 2008) when Aafno Radio, or “My Radio” 104.8 FM, went on air at 7pm local time for two hours.  This is the town’s first community radio station.  Congratulations to the team for pulling this off so quickly after the workshop in May.  The picture shows a panoramic view from the transmitting site (click on image to enlarge).  Dadeldhura is the first community radio station which is part of the CoRIN network (Community Radio Initiatve for Nepal) linked to the work of HDCS (Human Development and Community Services).

Twelve highly motivated Nepalis from different parts of the country have just completed a two-week forray into the wonderful world of community radio.  For most, this was the first time they’d laid their hands on a computer let alone made a radio programme.  Yet by the end of the workshop, all of them had successfully scripted, interviewed, recorded and edited their first radio programmes which were then broadcast via a Feba Chrysolite “suitcase studio”. » Continue Reading