The Drum Beat 101 - Local Choices

This is the 2nd in a series of 4 issues of The Drum Beat that reflect on the challenges we face and recognise and celebrate the creative and effective work that answers these challenges. In this issue we focus on the LOCAL CHOICES that people are making to respond to the priority development issues in their communities and countries. The emphasis is on the ways in which communication processes, trends and opportunities are being harnessed for development action. As is generally acknowledged it is the power of local debate, dialogue and action that makes a significant difference.

Please click on the Programme Title below for more detailed information on these particular initiatives.

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1. Projeto Axe - Brazil - mission to ensure basic human rights...communicates with children making a living in the streets of Salvador...fights for their rights...engages their families...

2. Samayako Awaj - Nepal - weekly radio drama, a comic book and recorded cassette of the programme were created to help improve literacy in rural communities...

3. Kaththiri - Maldives - "Kaththiri" translates to knotted pair of sticks used to support a larger structure...

4. Koni Ku Libi - Suriname - women working for the sustainable livelihood of their villages in remote areas - established a community radio station...

5. Teen Town Meetings - South Africa - creating a comfortable and safe environment for youth to speak out and to each other about sexuality, safe sex, informed choices, HIV & AIDS...

6. Puppet Theatre - Tanzania - to find out what prevents people, particularly women in poor communities, from participating in elections...

7. Reconstructing Kosovo with the Youths - Albania - a youth participation project in Kukes, covering 6 refugee camps. Worked with youths to: develop youth-to-youth projects; contribute to improving life of the community; have their voices heard and their opinions taken into account in all decisions affecting the community living in the camps...

8. Talking Drum Studio - Liberia - began producing programmes on election education and polling procedures...now aims to reduce political and ethnic violence - stressing themes of peace, reconciliation and democratization...

9. Zimachitika - Malawi - a radio soap of the Story Workshop Educational Trust (SWET) broadcast on MBC Radio One on family health and gender themes...

10. Oktrytaia Aziia - Central Asia - TV news magasine promotes the idea that there should be no secrets in Central Asia...

11. Information Boutiques - Burkina Faso - to collect and distribute information about things such as judicial issues providing training and acting as intermediaries between local citizens and the government...

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12. PressWise - UK - A media ethics body run by journalists that provides advice and support to members of the public who experience difficulties with the print and broadcast media...

13. Radio Oxy-Jeunes - Senegal - philosophy: "People are the Power of Change" and "Laugh to Educate"....

14. The Green Pendelu - Mali - where traditional communication channels, including stories, songs and proverbs offered a more direct path to sensitive topics...

15. Medios para la Paz - Colombia - brings together journalists for reflection on the role of journalism in a country in conflict....

16. "The Child with a Fish for a Twin - or how not to write about children" - The Philippines (Scroll to Item 7) - a book by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism...

17. Kingston Area Youth Foundation - Jamaica - launched to produce one theatrical play involving young people of inner city Kingston, has since become an arts, education and inner city community development charitable organisation...

18. "Macho" Minibuses to Help Fight AIDS - Kenya - where minibuses are the most popular form of public transport and in Kenya their garish colours and loud music place them at the centre of pop culture...

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19. EcoNews Africa - sub-regional NGO which aims to create two way information flows between local communities and national, regional and international policy processes...

20. Radio Toco - Trinidad & Tobago - A community radio station on the North Eastern end of Trinidad. Programming is determined mostly by the village women who go to the station with complaints and needs...

21. Art vs. AIDS - Togo - a public art campaign against HIV/AIDS...many of the best artists from Togo's internationally acclaimed art scene have created billboards and murals to bring the public's attention to the AIDS epidemic...

22. CyberVoice - Bangladesh - one of the first web magasines in Bangladesh - launched on December 16, 2000 to provide up-to-date information and analysis on politics...

23. Dance Against AIDS - Brazil - highly energetic and humorous street performances and live drama, motivating confrontation of STD & HIV/AIDS issues...

24. Al Manaahil - Jordan - an education-entertainment programme which taught children reading and the language arts of the Arabic language...

25. Wall Newspaper - Nepal - to provide news to rural villagers of Nepal through a newspaper [which] is posted in a local area where many people gather, and is read by passers-by...

26. Campesino Wisdom - Andes - magazine called Minka, produced for Andean farmers, based on the idea that Andean indigenous knowledge can provide the basis for constructing an Andean technological system...

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