R.D.Congo: Collective of Community Radios and Televisions of North Kivu in dialogue with UNESCO

The Collectif des Radios et Télévisions Communautaires du Nord Kivu (CORACON) took part in the Chair of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on community media last month.

This is the 7th ongoing series of global ‘dialogues’ on community media in the post-pandemic world. Farm Radio International (RRI) and Fondation Hirondelle organized this online discussion session to assess the services provided by community stations during this pandemic period in their areas.

For Coracon, according to its coordinator, KAKULE VAGHENI Jacques: “Community radios in North Kivu have played a key role in this period when the whole world is hit by Coronavirus. They have produced radio programs that sensitize members of the community to the dangers of Covid-19 and the behaviors to adopt in order to overcome this disease. »

The UNESCO Chair was attended by the following speakers:

• Sylvie Jacqueline Panika Benguere, Central African Republic, director of Radio Ndeke Luka ;
• Martin Faye, Mali, National Representative, Fondation Hirondelle
• Boureima Benjamin Nama, Burkina Faso, head of l’artisanat radio, International Rural Radios
• Misa Ramisarivelo, Madagascar, editor-in-chief, Studio Sifaka, Madagascar
• Jacques Kakule Vagheni, Coordinator of the Collective of Community Radios and Televisions of North Kivu, CORACON.
• Moderator: Sylvie Harrison, Canada, Radio Craft Manager, Farm Radio International.

Here is the link to follow the exchange in full

Gracias MWANZA, journalist at Tayna/Goma radio.