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Indonesia: Popular Media to Increase Community Resilience Awareness

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Categories: Indonesia, Environment, Audio Podcasts, Digital Photography, Digital Video

Implementing information tunnels about permaculture and disaster risk management in Banggai, Sulawesi through folk art performances, media training, community radio where we use solar panels energy and in which we make examples of community issues, permaculture and disaster preparedness. Through such programs we improve the interest in sustainability, because people are attracted by the combination of information and entertainment.

Topical focus:

Environment [1]

Country:

Indonesia [2]

What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?

Banggai Islands, Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi

Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.

Limitations of society to the outside world are our reason for introducing these issues of Permaculture & Disaster resilience. Difficult transportation access and high cost of living in this region lead to reduced community resilience. Banggai is very vulnerable for natural disasters. Internet does not exist in this area. In case of disaster, the recovery process will be very slow, because there's no preparedness and not enough food sources.

What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?

We will develop the popular media: community radio, local arts performances, media training for school children. All issues related to the issues we spread Permaculture & Disaster Management. Media training for school children, namely: photography, film-making, art-making murals and folk drama. For activities in the community, we will make 10 x performing arts in the community, film screenings and train the people who'll operate a community radio

What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?

Audio Podcasts [3], Digital Photography [4], Digital Video [5]

Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.

We have made Media Advocacy in Bali and Central Sulawesi. In Central Sulawesi, we help to advocate issues of education (school leaves) and as a result the school now gets the attention of the local government. We are incorporated in the media actors in Indonesia under the name Jemari Hitam Putih/Black White Fingers (see: http://www.facebook.com/groups/116296669049/). Group was formed in 2009, when we made the Media Advocacy Training in Bali.

How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?

We will work with 20 students through schools and through our events we will reach about 2000 people. The radio audience will be developed to a amount of 50 percent of the Banggai population.

Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?

none

Contact name

Gede Sugiarta

Organization

IDEP Foundation

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