Community Radio Station Proposal: Brief Description of The Project
Community Radio Station Proposal: Brief Description of The Project
Community Radio Station Proposal: Brief Description of The Project
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Anywar Ricky Richard Founder/Executive Director
Friends of Orphans
P. O Box 29536, Kampala, Uganda
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Justification of the radio station: These districts have been affected by more than 21 years of war.
♦ Most of the people in the areas are illiterate and the only source of information is through the radio. There are no TV
stations and there isn’t any future plans to build one. Even if there was one- there is no electricity in the rural areas
to power TV sets. It is a culture in northern Uganda that people who cannot afford to buy their own radios they
always go to their neighbor or people with radios to listen to news. People, happily, gather together to share their
radios so everyone can listen to the news.
♦ The two districts Pader and Agago receive the daily newspapers only in town but they do not arrive until after 6 PM.
♦ Pader dose not have a community centre where they could get access to newspapers, TV, Internet as sources of
information.
♦ Pader district has only one radio station, which is commercial.
♦ Agago district dose not have any radio stations, leaving people with no source of information.
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The Pader district local government is calling for creating an enabling environment for rapid and sustainable economic
growth and structural transformation, increasing the ability of the poor to raise their incomes through access to productive
means.
According to Developing Radio Partners (DRP): “radio brings information to people, and excels in discussion with;
• Airing and solving problems • Holding public officials accountable
• Giving voice to women and youth • Changing behavior through radio plays
Our aim is to ensure that the perspectives of the people whose lives are most affected by development (mainly the poor and
marginalized) are included within decision-making.
Accurate information is nearly as important as clean water to the health of a community. Radio is the most accessible,
participatory and effective medium to reach people in the developing world, giving voice to people to air and solve their own
problems. Around the world, community radio plays a vital role in overcoming political apathy by providing people with
access to information about their local and national leaders. Empowered with this information, citizens can start to fight
endemic corruption, developing methods to hold government officials accountable for their actions. In this way, radio not
only informs people about government failure, but it also provides the vehicle through which to work for positive political
change.
Because radio is a personal medium that speaks local language, it also presents information about health problems and
other community issues. For example, radio has proven an effective tool for teaching local populations about HIV/AIDS and
combating the powerful social stigmas associated with this disease. Effective community radio programming helps to
stimulate community discussion about attitudes and belief.”
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According to the Centre for Communications Rights (CCR): “Communication is recognized as an essential human
need and, therefore, as a basic human right. Without it, no individual or community can exist, or prosper. Communication
enables meanings to be exchanged, impels people to act and makes them who and what they are. Communication
strengthens human dignity and validates human equality. By recognizing, implementing and protecting communication
rights, we are recognizing, implementing and protecting all other human rights.
Communication rights go beyond freedom of opinion and expression to include areas such as;
• democratic media governance,
• media ownership and control,
• participation in one’s own culture,
• linguistic rights,
• rights to education,
• privacy,
• peaceful assembly,
• self-determination,
These are questions of inclusion and exclusion, of quality and accessibility. In short, they are questions of human dignity.”
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