Young India Network for Good Health

Radio DATE (Drug, Alcohol & Tobacco Education) "About 4% tobacco users in Goa and about 6% users in Karnataka quit their habit after hearing the programme. About 98% to 99% of the listeners expressed that such programmes should continue." The project Radio DATE was a collaborative effort of Indian Council of Medical Research and All India Radio. The acronym DATE stood for Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education. The radio programme was in the form of 30 weekly episodes of 20 minutes each. Ten episodes focussed on tobacco, eight each on alcohol and drugs, and two episodes on legal aspects. The introductory and concluding episodes touched all the three themes. The episodes were broadcast from 84 stations of All India Radio (out of 104 existing at that time) at prime time, simultaneously in sixteen languages.  The prototype was developed in Hindi and was sent to selected radio stations of All India Radio for translation in regional language, as per the specifie...

Nada India has been running a Bal Pehchaan Radio club in partnership with Balbhawa Mandi village Delhi  for the last one year. In order to give the children an understanding of operation of Radio station functioning, Nada India & Balbhawan Mandi organized an exposure visit to Delhi station on 23rd June at 11am.  These children also prepared some songs, poems and stories were recorded for  children program on radio. The visit  helped these children in gaining in-depth understanding and knowledge about radio functioning and its related operations.  Sh.Laxmi Shanker   Bajpai , Radio club members in the recording studio of All India Radio  Station Director,  All  India  Radio met and spent time more than one hour with children and answered the queries about radio production ,radio as career. Mr.Suneel ,Pallavi and Mr.Sanjeev and Parveen Bali accompanied the children. 

Today, Mr.Vatsyayan was interviewed on All India Radio  http://www.allindiaradio.org/  FM Gold on the occasion of International Day Against Drug abuse . He talked about drug abuse among children  specially students and street children. He also discussed about the drug policy at school and at workplace. Children with drug problem should not be terminated rather they should be helped by everyone in the school and family. In case child is out of school than you are making him more vulnerable. He further added and underlined the  importance of this particular day 26th June and its relevance and how it helps us to reassure ourselves to rededicate for the cause .    

Today, 25 Children of Pehchaan Radio club members Jawahar Balbhawan Mandi  visited All India Radio and did recording for Children program on AIR . The occasion was spreading the message on International Day against Drug abuse Think of Health Not the DRUGS... More pictures will follow Station Director  Laxmi Shankar Vajpayee shred and talked to children at the end and give tips on radio as a change agent and its spread. He also motivated the children to get  involved  in radio more  seriously. Children were joined by staff of Nada India and Blbhawan Mandi .  Pictures will be posted later....