Background

There had been a great devastation in Makawanpur district due

to the earthquake that occurred on 12 th and 29th of Baishakh,
2072. The earthquake caused a lot of damage in 35 VDCs
including
Hetauda
Sub-metropolitan
city
and
Thaha
Municipality. After the catastrophe, the government of Nepal
distributed 15000 rupees to the earthquake victims. Similarly,
the government recently distributed warm clothes to them,
particularly residing in 20 VDCs in the northern part of the
district. However, no efforts have been made to reconstruct the
houses of the victims though 10 months have been elapsed
after the disastrous earthquake. Therefore, the earthquake
victims are compelled to live in the small temporary houses and
tents even during the freezing cold of winter. Moreover, the
victims dwelling particularly in the northern part of the district
(Thaha Municipality and different VDCs like Namtar, Phakhel,
Tistung, Agra etc.) are forced to live a miserable life after the
destruction of their houses.
After the earthquake, grief stricken people have become
homeless on the one hand and on the other hand the natural
sources of water have been dried up and there is cracks
everywhere in the places where they are dwelling. Therefore,
they are still in fear and there is no way out for them than
leaving their houses. Similarly, after the damage to the schools,
the students are compelled to study either in the same
damaged schools with fear or under the open sky. As the
natural sources of water have turned out to be dry after the
catastrophe, there is even no water for the toilets. In addition to
this, people are forced to use the open area as a lavatory after
the damage to the toilets in their houses and this has created
severe problems to the victims and other people residing near
the affected area. Due to the open defecation, there is fear of
the spread of epidemics adding hazardous conditions to the
grief stricken victims of earthquake.
Awareness Campaign through Radio Programme in the
Affected Villages

Radio is the easy medium to reach the every houses of the

earthquake victims. Through radio, spot talk will be made with
the victims concerning the supply of clean drinking water,
sanitation, problems they have been facing without the schools
and houses in their locality and this talk can be recorded and
radio programmes will be produced including the concerned
authorities voices to solve the problems prevailing in the
affected area. Similarly, the results will be more fruitful if open
debate can be held in the affected area with the participation of
the actual victims. Moreover, awareness campaign will be held
in the affected villages through the wide participation of the
experts in the related filed.
Goals and Objectives of the Programme.
Particularly, through this program, the family of victims is made
aware about the risks involved after the devastation of the
earthquake. Similarly, they can be informed about the things
they need to follow, the precaution they to take for their
protection, future preparation to save their life from the
earthquake through radio and open debate programs in their
locality. This program is helpful to aware the victims about
health and sanitation. Similarly, this program helps to aware
the people in affected area to build toilets in every houses and
to create learning environment in the schools after the damage.
This program also draw the attention of the concerned
authorities and different NGOs to provide helping hands to the
victims in the affected area. After the implementation of this
one year program, the people residing in the rural areas will be
benefitted especially in the field of sanitation, supply of clean
drinking water and the reconstruction of the damaged schools.
Preparation to Access the Program
1) Training is a must for at least 10 participants to conduct
the program.
2) Training has to be conducted for the participants to
produce radio programmes and to bring out the real
problems of the victims.
3) Training becomes fruitful if it is done in the affected area
through the wide participation of the local people
practically.

4) To conduct radio programmes recorder and laptop is must

for the participants.
Activities
1) Radio programmes will be produced and broadcast to
eliminate the problems of the victims.
2) Awareness campaign will be launched at least in one
affected VDC.
3) Local people will be given the answers from the concerned
authorities concerning their problems after holding open
debate programs.
Format of the Radio Programmes
1) Radio programmes will be of one year.
2) 30 minutes radio programme will be broadcast either in
the morning or evening time.
3) Radio programme will be produced going to the affected
and meeting the victims, recording their original voices
through interview, radio feature and vox pop.
4) 30 minutes radio programme will be formatted in the
following ways:
3 minutesradio report
10 minutesspot radio feature
10 minutesinterview with the victims and
the local people
7 minutes10 participants' vox pop
Programmes
1) Radio programmes will be produced concerning the field of
health, education, nutrition and child protection after the
earthquake.
2) Providing information to the health centers on how to
provide services to the public after the destruction.
3) The program will include the information on the efforts
made by the District Education Office and concerned
schools to regulate the learning environment of the
schools in normal condition.
4) This program will create environment for the easy access
to schools to those children who are unable to reach
school after the devastation.

5) Information will be provided to the public on the attempts

taken and the role played by different government and
non-government organization in the field of child
protection.
6) This program includes the problems faced by the local
people in the field of clean drinking water supply and
sanitation and the attempts made by the concerned
authorities to solve the problems.
Rough Estimate of the Budget for the Program
1) Training expense before the launch of the program
3,00000l2) Production of the radio programmes and purchase of
materials for the awareness programmes3,00000l3) Salary for 5 staff to produce radio programmes for a
year- 10,00000l4) Expense to broadcast radio programs for 2 radio
stations- 6,00000l5) To conduct awareness programs in 76 different locations
of Makawanpur disctrict (35 VDCs, 12 wards of Thaha
Municipality and 29 wards of Hetauda Sub- Metropolitan
City) regarding health, education, sanitation, and
drinking water- 12,00000l6) Experts expense to conduct training in the village
through them- 1,0000l7) Total expense for a one year program is 35,00000l(Thirty five lakh)