Background to the 
Pilot Radio Project

Radio episodes along 
with their audios

Episode 1:
|Mountain Identity|


Episode 2:
|Tourism Conflict|


Episode 3:
|Bhatte Danda Ropeway|

Episode 4:
|Park-People Conflict|

Episode 5:
|Tripeni Rising|

Episode 6:
|Rural-Urban Migration|

Episode 7:
|Sand and Stone|

Episode 8:
|Peace & Conflict|

|Case study on this
cross-network project|

Pilot Radio Project

The Mountain Forum Secretariat (MFS) and Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) collaborated with Radio Sagarmatha (RS), the oldest community FM radio station in South Asia, in a pilot project to bring the voices of the mountain and hill people residing in the Nepal Himalaya to  Mountain Forum and the world at large. The idea behind the project was to facilitate a two-way communication between Mountain Forum and rural mountain communities of the Nepal Himalaya through a mix of radio and Internet technologies. This cross-network project was tried on a pilot basis to see if such a model of information flows can work on a larger scale. 

This  project was not funded by anyone. The three partners - MFS, APMN, and RS - got together one fine day, brainstormed for a week, and  decided to pool their limited resources (mainly already extended staff time) to implement the idea!

The links to the audios (these are in Nepali language only) on Radio Sagarmatha's web server have been provided on the left bar for your listening purpose.

You may  wish to read a case study on the radio pilot -- conducted shortly after its completion (see left bar).

Last but not least, we're  happy to inform you that this cross-network pilot project has been short listed as a finalist for the Stockholm Challenge 2006. 

Thank you!

Radio Project Team

MFS: Prashant Sharma, Sani M.Karami, Agustina Barros, Salima Khatoon
APMN: Ujol Sherchan
RS: Rishi Acharya, Nimesh Adhikari, Santa Basnet

If you have queries or feedback, please direct it to
 <radio@mtnforum.org>