In Chad, Locals Celebrate Their Radio Station’s Official Inauguration
"Imagine what you feel as a refugee who's lost everything. Radio gives you comfort; you feel closer to your relatives through news and the local languages used at the station," said Madji Rimabar, representative of Chad's High Council for Communication (HCC), speaking at the official opening on December 16 of Radio Sila, one of three Internews radio stations in Eastern Chad.
Rimabar also encouraged Radio Sila's journalists to keep on improving refugees' lives.
As part of its Humanitarian Information Service project, Internews kick started Radio Sila in April 2007 in Goz Beida, a small town situated 100 km from the border with Sudan. With an initial team of five journalists, the area's only local FM station now broadcasts 6.5 hours daily of news, magazines and live interactive sensitization programs in a variety of local languages.
