Community Women Broadcaster’s Master Training at Bengaluru, Karnataka from 1-4 April 2013
Community Women Broadcaster’s Master Training at Bengaluru, Karnataka from 1-4 April 2013
New Delhi, 5/4/2013:The second Master Trainers’ workshop for community women broadcasters was held at Bengaluru, Karnataka from 1-4 April, 2013 for participants from eight community radio stations (CRS) from three southern Indian states. From the State of Karnataka four CRS namely -- Radio Siddhartha, Tumkur; Nammadhwani, Budikote; Krishi CRS, Dharwad, and Radio Active, Bengaluru participated in the training. Two CRS from Andhra Pradesh namely Radio Deccan, Hyderabad and Vishnu CRS, Bhimavaram participated, while from Tamil Nadu participants came from Kalanjiam Samuga Vanoli, Nagapatnam and Holy Cross CRS, Trichy. The four day residential training was held in the picturesque Jain University campus at Kanakpura on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
From each CRS three persons — two women from the community with prior engagement with the CRS and a station representative participated in the workshop. Barring three, five of the eight CRS were also represented by women.
The main thrust of the workshop was to build upon the participant’s communication skills leading to:
- Using Community Radio for learning which would involve sharing ideas on the behavior change and using radio for learning for better health and livelihoods.
- Development of facilitation skills which included sessions on community engagement and communication skills
- Developing CR management skills by participating in the programme and content committees
- Planning and conducting trainings conduct outreach activities to get the community to participate more actively in the radio
The Training of Trainers (TOT) followed a mix of presentations, group interactions and activities, and simultaneous translations were provided wherever needed in all the three languages -- Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Post this TOT workshop, CEMCA will provide modest financial support to all the eight CRS to conduct a local workshop to train about 10 community women. CEMCA expects that by June 2013, eighty women across eight CRS in southern India will have acquired basic skills to engage meaningfully with their CRS.
