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Samajhdari Wins Prestigious One World Media Special Award

We are delighted to announce that the Samajhdari (meaning mutual understanding) radio program, which explores the intersection between HIV and Violence against Women, has won the “Special Award” of the One World Media Awards. In London to collect the award at the One World Media Awards ceremony were Ronni Goldfarb, Equal Access International Executive Director, Gemma Quilt, Equal Access International Program Manager, Deependra Joshi, Equal Access Nepal Country Director, and Jaya Luintel, Equal Access Nepal Programme Coordinator, along with the who’s-who of the British Media world.  

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SSMK and UNICEF pioneer text messaging for social change

Equal Access Nepal's SSMK radio show - otherwise known as Saathi Sanga Manka Kura or Chatting With My Best Friend in English - was recently reviewed on Mobile Youth, a website that is "A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact," for the pioneering mobile phone technology that the SSMK and UNICEF teams are using to reach out to youth.  The text of the article follows: 

 

"A recently launched campaign at a popular youth radio program in Nepal focuses on the voices of youth - or at least, text messages of youth. Regardless, the SMS campaign seems to be making strides. 

UNICEF in Nepal has teamed up with the popular Nepali radio program Saathi Sanga Man Ka Kura, which means "chatting with my best friend." The program, also called SSMK, is run by the non-governmental organization Equal Access Nepal. SSMK has been on the air for 10 years and reaches millions of youth listeners (primarily ages 13 to 26) throughout Nepal. In April, UNICEF and SSMK launched a campaign that allows young listeners to take an active role in a conversation, all via SMS. 

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 "12 million listeners regularly tune into Equal Access Nepal radio programs which are broadcast to target rural Nepalis"

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Message from the Country Director

On behalf of the Equal Access Nepal family, I am pleased to welcome you to our new website. I am particularly honored that you are now reading these words because it means that an idea that emerged some years ago has finally materialized. We feel that, although there is still much to do, it is time now for us to 'go live'.

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