Communal Radio for the Young People of Chincha

Summary

The Pro Nino Intimo association will install a sound system in the Sports Villa, in the town of Chincha, for youth at the El Carmen Sports and Life School to use for sports and cultural activities.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $756 was raised for this project.

Received $756 from 42 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The sports-playing, underprivileged youth in the district of El Carmen, in Chincha, do not have a medium of communication for expressing their worries and needs. The Sports and Life school, which fuses sports activities with cultural activities, music, singing, traditional dance, and life-skills training, needs a medium of communication to improve their program. Direct beneficiaries are 50 children; and indirect beneficiaries are the 2,000 villagers from El Carmen, Chincha.

Activities

Activities: 1. Installation of FM transmitter; 2. Organization of a network for collection of information; 3. Production of radio programming; 4. Radio-usage training programs for youth.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $756

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $756 .  The original project funding goal was $32,000.

Additional Documentation

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

Organization of an FM community radio program to spread the values, culture and history of youth from African communities in El Carmen.

Project Message

"The youth of Chincha are an animated group."
- Sara Diestro Cabanillas, Projects Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sara Diestro Cabanillas
Projects Director
Av. Newton 7277 Urbanización Sol de Oro
Lima, Lima 39
Peru
0051-1-5486736
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo Logo

Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo
Av. Newton 7277 Urbanización Sol de Oro
Lima, Lima 39
Peru
0051-1-5486736

Asociación Civil Pro Niño Intimo's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in PeruPeru and can also be found under Democracy and GovernanceDemocracy and Governance.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 28, 2004