The purpose for which this grant is being sought is to strengthen radio stations reporting and programming skills. More than 45% of the Pakistani population lives in poverty, and two-thirds of this figure living in rural areas. Some 65% of people living in rural areas are illiterate and lack access to news and information. Most of the radio presenters are working without basic training of broadcasting.
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
The participants are expected to produce radio programs such as news,
dramas, talk shows, advertisements and documentaries highly enriched with relevant local content.Using low-budget digital platforms such as PCs, digital audio recorders, the Internet and Adobe editing applications, the objective will be achieved.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
We are going to arrange several activities like seminars, conferences, interviews on T.V, Radio and Print media.Informational,educational seminars and other activities are going to be set upon for this purpose to engage Govt.Officials.
We can engage and use our earlier links with district management group, politations and members of differnt youth organisations.we can see towards M.N.A's, M.P.A's of our sector.DPO, DCO and other Govt. Officials
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
To conduct 3 training sessions to raise the capacity of the journalism , radio programming and production skills of staff working in different Radio stations.
The training would benefit no less than 15 journalists and radio presenters working in the area both men and women.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
Rising Voices can provide few low-budget audio recorders,one audio mixer, 2 microphones, and headphones for the training of 15 radio presenters.
