Momentum for Change:
Using Community Radio to Fight Poverty
in Bangladesh
Greetings
from Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
BNNRC is in
special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations.
We
are delighted to share with you Momentum for Change: Using Community Radio to
Fight Poverty in Bangladesh. Now 14 Community
Radio Stations are on-air in the country, aiming to ensure empowerment and
right to information for the rural community. They are broadcasting altogether
120 hours program per day on information, education, local entertainment and
development motivation activities. Around 536 Youth Women & Youth are now
working with those Stations throughout the country as rural
broadcasters.
BNNRC has been struggling for
the last 12 years to open up the community media (including Community Radio,
Community Television and Community film) and giving focus on its vital role as
voices of the voiceless people. BNNRC has been addressing the community radio
& community TV access issue for over a decade, almost since its emergence
in the year 2000.
The reality of today is that the bondage
between the community people and local-level community radio stations are
getting strengthened day-by-day. Community Radio has now become their part of
life. Community Radio becomes the instrument for the livelihood battle of the
rural people.
BNNRC
established the Community Media News Agency (CMNA), Community Media Academy
(CMA) and Monthly Community Media to share development news & building
capacity for the Community Media sector in Bangladesh.
We
have now started advocacy with the Government of Bangladesh to open up
Community Television for Development. We hope that, community television will
come into being within a short time in Bangladesh. We hope that, community
television will come into being within a short time.
We invite you to join in our STRUGGLE!
With Best Regards,
AHM. Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
ceo@bnnrc.net
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