Summary
Integrated project that combines an educational radio soap opera, personalized training and income generation initiatives for women in rural communities in the Amazon region of Peru.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?
The main need is to provide women and families with information, technical and financial sources and skills for a more dignified life. 30000 weekly listeners. 50 women from 32 communities 500 women as part of a network.
How will this project solve this problem?
Production and regional diffusion of 120 editions of entertainment educational radio soap opera "Bienvenida Salud." 6 workshops for personalized leaders training, 6 on field trips for technical assistance, 30 income generating projects.
Potential Long Term Impact
30,000 listeners, 50 leaders and 500 people in communities improve their lives thanks to the training and messages delivered in radio program about reproductive health and rights, indigenuos culture, familiy violence and rainforest management.
Project Message
Every day people die in rural communities because of the luck of adequate information and extreme poverty. A message in the radio and training could make the difference between death and life.
- Eliana Elas, Minga Peru founder and executive director
Funding Information
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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