Nepal: Risk-reduction by Radio | Mission East

Nepal: Risk-reduction by Radio

Mission East has helped radio journalists to interview the villagers.

For example, one song teaches people that they should not cut down all the trees on a mountainside if they want to avoid dangerous mudslides. Information about how to build a good protection wall is also being spread. Radio journalists have interviewed survivors of recent disasters and shared their stories on air so that others can learn from their experience.
In most of the mountainous regions of Nepal, 70 percent of the population is illiterate. But most people have a small radio which is their way of gaining new knowledge: in this case valuable knowledge about preventing disasters.