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Nawal Estereo is Guatemala's first educational radio station to broadcast in a Mayan language. It is in danger of shutting down for lack of funding. YOU can help this tradition continue. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Radio Nawal Estereo educates and inspires thousands of rural indigenous people in Guatemalan's western highlands. We pride ourselves in providing specialized programming for youth, women, farmers, and other marginalized groups. We also air musical programming as diverse as our community, ranging from pop to marimba to religious music to ranchero.

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With your help, we can continue to improve our programming, and increase our effectiveness, enriching the lives of countless people.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,559
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $147,441
Total Funding Goal: $150,000

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This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Educational radio has the power to plant sparks in countless people at once. Many of these sparks mature over time into positive attitude changes, and then into positive behavior changes. In this way, the long term impact can be enormous.

Project Message

When Nawal Estereo isn't on the air, people ask "What happened to the radio?" They feel as if it's a part of them. Undoubtedly, the radio benefits and is benefited by the community.
- Juan Fidel Lepe Juarez, News Department, Nawal Estereo

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Miguel Miguel Marroquin Catinac
Project Manager
Nawal Estereo
Nahualá, Sololá
Guatemala
011-502-4571-1364
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Project Sponsor

Miguel Marroquin C. Bachiller

Organization

Nawal Estereo 93.1
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Guatemala
77559651
http://www.nawalestereo.com

Learn more about Nawal Estereo 93.1 and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

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This project is located in GuatemalaGuatemala and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 15, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 11, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Exciting new projects and more bang for your buck!

By Tim Slattery - Peace Corps Volunteer, March 15, 2010 09:26 PM

Hi!
Hope you are all doing well, as this year starts flying by and Easter is already creeping up on us! We wanted to make you aware of some of the projects that we are doing here at Nawal Estereo, and remind you of the ever-present need for financial support.

Radio-Drama on Alcoholism
We recently finished producing a youth-aimed radio-drama about the all-too-relavent topic of alcoholism. It is voiced primarily by local teenagers, and will air as part of our youth radio show, A Todo Ritmo. The idea is to present important themes in an accesible, dynamic way, with a realistic story and characters that indiginous Guatemalan youth can relate to. If you would like a copy, or suggestions for how to create a radiodrama of your own, please send an email to Tim Slattery, slattery.tim@gmail.com.

Broadcasting Tower in the Boca Costa
Nawal Estereo currently has one broadcasting tower, whose signal reaches several departments (like states) in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. We are in the process of erecting a second tower to cover the Boca Costa area of Nahualá and thereby reach many more listeners. We have the land secured, but just lack finances to build the tower.

Radio Campaign Against Discrimination
We are in the planning stages of a campaign against prejudice and discrimination, which will include informational spots, debates, and special programs.

Right now is an especially great time to help radio Nawal Estereo continue with these and other projects. This Tuesday, March 16th (probably TODAY for many of you reading this), GlobalGiving is doing a Matching promotion where they will add 30% to all donations! So make your contribution go farther by giving today! And even if you can't donate, please spread the word to friends and family members.

Happy March!

Sincerely,
Tim Slattery
Pedro Sohom Cotiy
And the Personnel of Nawal Estereo 93.1 FM

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