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The Power of Community Radio

Source: Oxfam

With the right equipment and training, communities in the developing world are turning local radio into an effective medium for informing and empowering rural and urban populations. In both Africa and Latin America, small-scale radio projects link farmers to valuable information they wouldn't otherwise have access to.

Vegetable growers in Bolivia and Mali depend on community radio to stay current on market prices for their crops, while woman-owned small farms in Malawi tune in local broadcasts for technical data on seeds, fertilizers and soil. A health network in Kenya uses community radio together with cassette tapes and mobile phones to make AIDS education available to more women and encourage information sharing and participation. In India, radio broadcasts over local cable TV networks carry self-help information across cultural and language barriers.

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