Youth Exchange Program
Youth Exchange Program
This is an exchange program of community radio journalists between Bangladesh and Nepal with the objective of ‘promoting public health facility as a human right through community radios in Bangladesh and Nepal.’ The initiative is carried out by AMARC Asia-Pacific and Rupantar (a non-government organization based in Bangladesh) with the support of the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (NOREC).
The program further seeks to initiate a cross-country network of community broadcasters so that an increasing number of community radios can be involved in the quest for promoting public health facilities as a human right through community radios in Bangladesh and Nepal. The exchange alumni and the community radio development activities carried out by the two partners in the last few years provide a firm grounding for ensuring the functionality of the network.
The program comprises three key themes – health, education, and vocational training. It proposes to build the capacities of local stakeholder groups on health education and health communication through participatory approaches using community radio stations.
The objectives of the program include:
a) Promoting Public Health Facilities as a Human Right through community radios
b) Ensuring easy access to vaccination (including COVID-19) through enhancing community knowledge
c) Using community radio programs as a tool for Open Distance Learning (ODL)
d) Building awareness of the community for raising voices to demand better public health facilities
e) Creating scope of developing linkage among community people and policy maker
f) Contributing to national-level policy advocacy for improving public health services
This program is kindly supported by the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (Norec).
Radio programs on the topic:
Uphold Community Voice to Public Health-related Policy and Practice in Bangladesh and Nepal
The following radio programs are produced by Bangladeshi participants of a community radio producer exchange program between Nepal and Bangladesh. Supported by the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (NOREC) and managed by AMARC Asia-Pacific and Rupantar, Bangladesh, they represent collaborative efforts. As part of this endeavor, titled “Upholding Community Voice in Public Health Policy Practice in Bangladesh and Nepal,” four young community radio broadcasters from both Bangladesh and Nepal were actively engaged from February 2023 to February 2024.