The Honduran radio soap opera, “Agua de Angel,” promotes community participation, regardless of age, gender, or ethnic background.

Local participants were complementing the radio program’s broadcasts with street theater performances, listener discussion groups, contests, and through other vehicles of audience engagement including text and call-in lines.

A group of local volunteers, along with fans of the radio program “Agua de Angel,” took to the streets to spread awareness of water conservation and promote the show’s message.

Community participants call the radio program, Agua de Angel, “an innovative and community-based project gaining wide attention and enthusiasm from the audience.” Don Jose Dolores, a resident of Valle de Angeles, never thought that at 70 years of age, he would use his voice to give life to a character on a radio show.

The educational radio drama, “Agua de Angel”, has trained more than 52 community leaders on media production skills such as acting, script writing, and character development, which are used as the main vehicles to promote environmental conservation practices.

Participants of the radio soap opera, “Agua de Angel”, hosted a street theater performance to educate Honduran youth about how to protect local water sources.