Feba’s programmes address life issues relevant to our listeners, in their heart language, in culturally appropriate ways.
As illustrated by Theo Hannides’ recent research trip to Nepal, she and the team talked to villagers to begin a path of understanding their lives below the poverty line in one of the world’s hardest-to-reach regions.
Aafno FM has been broadcasting health awareness guidance, music and listeners’ comments for over a year, hoping to improve lives in the community. While gathering research information, Theo talked to a couple of female patients at Okhaldunga Hospital who are now less embarrassed to turn up there to check on a health issue previously discussed on air in the programmes.
The new Feba logo reflects our desire that our listeners find life in all its fullness, in every area of their lives (physical, emotional and spiritual). That’s why it’s important to us that this word be incorporated into the design as the new tagline: “life. change. hope”. This expresses our desire to take God’s life-changing hope to those significantly hindered in hearing and responding to the Good News of Jesus.
Feba’s Sean MacKenzie comments on the word life as related to the CoRIN project (Community Radio Initiative in Nepal): “We work very, very closely with hospitals. One of the goals of our broadcasting is to see improvement in the health conditions of individual lives. There are certain health problems that a lot of people in these villages in the mountains face that are actually quite easily preventable with certain responses when the first symptoms come (like for flu what can you do) and also just basic nutrition education.
So our programmes want to give the information they need so they can self help. They can deal with their problems themselves and we monitor that by just counting numbers in hospitals. So that is one of the ways we would like to see health improve in our communities where we serve.“ (Hear this audio using the link at the top of the newsbrief.)
By covering a range of village communities comprising varying levels of access to resources (cash, crops), ethnicities, castes and faiths, Theo and the team of researchers have put together useful data about the communities’ needs, opinions and perceptions. Feba’s ministry in Nepal is growing, and Aafno FM’s Christian worldview programmes are welcome in the homes of Himalayan communities.
Read more about the CoRIN project:
Researching life issues in the Himalayas
Radio supports Himalaya hospital
Community radio projects
More about Feba’s new logo:
An inside look at Feba’s new logo