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In September 2004, members of RadioActive set up a 100 Watt station
with the Ibdaa Cultural Centre, a youth centre based in Dheisheh
Refugee Camp, 4km south of Bethlehem, in Palestine.
To listen to programs produced by members of the station, please visit flashpoints.net
Radio 194 Vital Statistics
Full Station Name: Radio Ibdaa 194
Location: Dheisheh Refugee Camp, West Bank, Palestine
Frequency: 100.0 MHz
Installed in: September 2004
Collaborating Partner: Ibdaa Cultural Center
Main Objectives: to teach the young people of Dheisheh Refugee Camp journalism skills, to tell their own stories and to help educate a new generation to participate in the peace process.
Station Contact: Ziad Abbas (ibdaa194 (at) yahoo.com)
History of the project
The
station is part of Ibdaa's Media Training Project, an
initiative which aims to provide their youth with the means and skills
to produce material for radio, television and print publication. The
station will be a medium for broadcasting their work to the surrounding
regions, which include Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Ramallah and parts of
Israel.
Ibdaa named their station “Radio 194”, after UN
Resolution 194, which gave Palestinians the right to return to their
homelands. Radio 194 is the first station to be based in a Palestinian
refugee camp.
Dheisheh Camp has a population of 11,000, living in an area slightly
under half a square kilometre. There are over 5,500 children and young
people living in the camp, which has no playground or other designated
place for children’s activities.
Founded in 1994, Ibdaa has
spent the last ten years developing educational and cultural programs
and facilities for the youth of the camp. These include a kindergarten,
nursery, children’s library, boys’ and girls’ sports teams, a dance
troupe which has travelled around the world, computer and internet
facilities, and a handicraft cooperative. They also organise
international exchanges, which give their youth experiences of other
cultures, and give people from other countries the chance to experience
Palestinian life and culture. For more information regarding the Ibdaa Cultural Centre, please visit Ibdaa's website.
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