Feba India Responds to the Bihar Floods
Jon Hargreaves chats with Mark Taylor and Jack Stuart about Feba's involvement in responding to the recent floods in north India.
Tens of thousands of people were displaced by this disaster, and Feba India rose to the challenge by getting a FIRST RESPONSE radio station on the air within 72 hours of getting there. Jon talks about what they were able to do and tells us about the First Response project.
Jack is a Year 11 student at Worthing's St. Andrews High School, and recently spent a week at Feba as part of a work experience scheme organised between the school and Feba.
The two sound clips used in this podcast are recordings of the programmes made for the temporary station set up in the state of Bihar. Transmissions closed on 21 October, and in the few weeks of operation the station received 1807 phone calls and text messages.
Photo credit: The Hindustan Times - www.hindustantimes.com
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