Since there is currently no media that caters for young people living with disability, King George (kg6) would like to start an informal radio station that will be operating on the kg6 campus.
Proposal :
Young disabled people need opportunities that provide a platform which caters to
the needs and issues that affect the students living with disability. The informal radio station will be a free for all environment to students at and outside KG6. Students will get to have a chance of expressing themselves on disability issues.
The idea is to have a set up where we will be broadcasting live at kg6 but we
will also make pre recordings that will be sent to friends, families and the
people that have been helping kg6. It is also part of vocational training for the students that have a great passion to become radio presenters through learning journalism skills and how to run a small radio station. In addition the idea is to bring a lot of skilled people from outside kg6 to come and train our students in radio presenting.
The main aim of this program is to help the students be involved in the creativity of airing radio programs and broadcasting which will give them a platform for expressing their views and boosting their confidence by sharing ideas with their peers. Lastly radio programs will provide a creative outlet that will bring a feel of ownership and belonging.
At kg6 we have children with hearing problems so the radio is not only for
the physically handicapped but it will be for everyone. We plan to make a video presentation in conjunction with the radio where deaf students will be presenting in sign language, then are taught to edit and film their own programs and to upload the programs on u-tube and our website. We will be also creating an open discussion that will be hosted by both the deaf and physically handicapped to discuss how people living with disabilities are marginalized in terms of equality, relationships, integration and priority within families, schools and in the world.
The radio will not only be to talk about issues but to create room for young
disabled people to showcase their talents through singing, poetry, drama
and disc jockeying. We plan to set up speakers at common gathering points around the school and boarding hostel and then to play the radio during break periods. We have designed a questionnaire asking both students and staff what they would like to hear on their radio and this will guide us when setting up programmes.A plan for the future might be to expand the radio station to play at hospitals. Bulawayo hospitals used to have steam radio set ups but now the patients just lie in bed bored and depressed. This is a future plan of action once we have successfully set up here at kg6.
Proposal :
Young disabled people need opportunities that provide a platform which caters to
the needs and issues that affect the students living with disability. The informal radio station will be a free for all environment to students at and outside KG6. Students will get to have a chance of expressing themselves on disability issues.
The idea is to have a set up where we will be broadcasting live at kg6 but we
will also make pre recordings that will be sent to friends, families and the
people that have been helping kg6. It is also part of vocational training for the students that have a great passion to become radio presenters through learning journalism skills and how to run a small radio station. In addition the idea is to bring a lot of skilled people from outside kg6 to come and train our students in radio presenting.
The main aim of this program is to help the students be involved in the creativity of airing radio programs and broadcasting which will give them a platform for expressing their views and boosting their confidence by sharing ideas with their peers. Lastly radio programs will provide a creative outlet that will bring a feel of ownership and belonging.
At kg6 we have children with hearing problems so the radio is not only for
the physically handicapped but it will be for everyone. We plan to make a video presentation in conjunction with the radio where deaf students will be presenting in sign language, then are taught to edit and film their own programs and to upload the programs on u-tube and our website. We will be also creating an open discussion that will be hosted by both the deaf and physically handicapped to discuss how people living with disabilities are marginalized in terms of equality, relationships, integration and priority within families, schools and in the world.
The radio will not only be to talk about issues but to create room for young
disabled people to showcase their talents through singing, poetry, drama
and disc jockeying. We plan to set up speakers at common gathering points around the school and boarding hostel and then to play the radio during break periods. We have designed a questionnaire asking both students and staff what they would like to hear on their radio and this will guide us when setting up programmes.A plan for the future might be to expand the radio station to play at hospitals. Bulawayo hospitals used to have steam radio set ups but now the patients just lie in bed bored and depressed. This is a future plan of action once we have successfully set up here at kg6.
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