Our Work.
Nityananda Janavani Community Radio
Empowering marginalized voices through participatory dialogue, promoting social justice and community-driven change.
Giving a voice to the marginalized people and provide recognition to the people doing localized work and promoting social justice, integration and social change.
Dialogue plays a pivotal role in community media. Why? Because messages can be refined with new angles to the topics, which can improve understanding of the issues the community is facing. Hence dialogue can be used as a tool for changing social and cultural attitude. This can happen through discussion forums where people can express and exchange views.
Participation is the key feature of Community Media. This differentiates community media from traditional media models, where the audience is a passive receiver of messages. In the Community Media Model, senders and receivers together create content through active participation from both.
MANT has always taken the participatory approach in developing high-quality contents. A basic idea is creating relevant and relatable content with a social message, for the target audience, in the form of Serial Radio Dramas, Magazine Programmes and Publications.
Amplifying Voices: Goals and Necessity of Community Radio
Program Goal
Reducing digital divide by training people particularly from marginalized communities and individuals living in media-dark areas.
Need for the Program
In many marginalized communities, traditional media often overlooks local issues and voices. Nityananda Janavani Community Radio serves as a vital tool for participation, allowing community members to engage actively in content creation and discussions that reflect their unique challenges, aspirations, and cultural narratives.
Promote access to healthcarenfor children
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Keep kids healthy andnready to learn
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Provide support in disastersnand public health crises
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Helped provide accessnto clean water
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Project Highlights
| Inception Date Of Radio Station | 2010 |
| Location Of Radio Station | Laulara, Purulia District, West Bengal |
Milestones
UNICEF’S Process Documentation
MANT has been facilitating the community radio station since 2010. The radio has been broadcasting programmes in Tribal language and the first Tribal Radio Jockey in India is from our radio station. There are 10 Radio Producers along with 6 Radio Jockeys working in the radio station. The broadcasting period starts at 6 am and lasts to 9.00 pm daily. The radio has also established 50 radio listening centers in various villages managed by radio listeners’ groups. MANT has also presented the success stories in International SBCC Summits held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the year 2016 and again in Bali in 2018 and in 49th World Lung Conference held in the Hague, The Netherlands in 2018. We have also published paper on success of the radio to stop child marriage. Recently UNICEF published the process documentation on the success of our radio station.
