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If anybody knows about community radio stations in Andra Pradesh,
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Antje Becker

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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 11:00:38 -0500
From: xlines  <radio@xlines.tiac.net>
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Subject: Fwd: NGO volunteer in India

Subject:     NGO volunteer in India
Sent:        12/11/96 8:12 AM
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From:        Zoe Shobbrook-Helpline, zoe.shobbrook@bbc.co.uk
To:          radio@xlines.tiac.net


I am going to work as a volunteer administrator in Andra Pradesh with an
NGO
called People's Power through Education, starting Jan 22nd 1997.

Michael Stock, BBC Radio Helpline Co-ordinator, has suggested I inform
your
group of what i'm doing as I'm interested in the use of Radio in
Development
and would really appreciate any ideas from members of your group, perhaps
from those who have a knowledge of India or who are interested in the
type
of work the project does. Are there any Radio projects going on that i
could
visit for example?

The project works with local low caste communities, campaigning,
organising,
educating and empowering local women in  particular to assert themselves
politically and socially.
Their activities include :-

z lobbying local government to maintain the rice subsidy
z facilitating income generation schemes, including basket making
collectives
z running 6 schools without government assistance
z providing legal and financial advice
z campaigning for the introduction of a minimum wage for rural workers
z producing street theatre to educate on sanitation and other health care
z establishing community groups to protect women from violence within the
home and from their employers

They believe that women are the key to ensuring a safe, fair, healthy and
economically viable life for the rural communities of Andra Pradesh.
They
are currently in need of an administrator and have invited me to join
their
team as the first western volunteer on the project thanks to my
experience
as a theatre manager and my current position as a programme co-ordinator
at
the BBC Helpline.

I would be interested in hearing any of your thoughts on this.  I intend
taking a sony recorder with me, with the idea of making a feature for BBC
Radio about the project.

yours sincerely
Zoe Shobbrook