Garifuna Radio Drama

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Garifuna Radio Drama For HIV/AIDS Prevention
Los Ancestros No Mueren (Mouwetiñu
Wayunagu) Honduras 2005


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Formative Research

• 9 focus groups with adolescents and young adults
  in Garifuna communities - Corozal, Sambo Creek,
  Nueva Armenia y Trujillo
• 6 in-depth interviews with positive deviants 3
  men y 3 women
• 2 in-depth interviews with PLHA
• 2 in-depth interviews with Garifuna leaders in
  Tegucigalpa San Pedro Sula

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Creative Design of Radio Drama

• Creative workshop to establish the radio drama
  technical committee
• Workshop took place Tela Atlántida, Diciembre
  de 2004
• Casting of Actors 30 youth that participated in
  the Garifuna EE theatre groups and adults from
  different Garifuna communities participated in a
  workshop on acting for radio. 20 were finally
  selected.

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Radio Drama Production

• 90 scripts 2 script writers
• Review team HIV/AIDS technical aspects,
  culture, gender etc.

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Taping and Editing

• Estudio Fonchin en San Pedro Sula
• 20 weekends (Friday Sunday) to produce the 90
  episodes
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Process of Production
Investigación Formativa
Sub Comité de IEC Garífuna

MOVILIZACION COMUNITARIA PROMOCION
PRODUCCIÓN
MONITORÍA Y EVALUACIÓN
Comité de Diseño

• Guionista y Coguionista
• Asesor y asesora garífuna
• Asesora en equidad/género
• Equipo de revisión
• Elenco Artístico
• Productor artístico
• Estudio de Grabación

Equipo de Movilización Comunitaria

• Lanzamiento
• Oficial
• Lanzamientos
• Locales
• Festivales
• Arte y Salud
• Concursos de
• cartas

Validación Inicial, intermedia Grupos
Focales Sondeo de Opinión
Materiales Promocionales Camisetas Afiche Mapa H
ojas Volantes
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Radio Drama Production

• 90 episodes, 15 minutes each
• 2 songs by Sherif
• 3 traditional Garifuna songs
• 4 promotional spots
• 2 microprograms promoting letter writing contest
  - El que sabe gana

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Garifuna Community in Honduras (Poster)
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Products of Radio Drama

• 1 promotional T-shirt
• 1 Poster
• CD with songs
• Community Map
• 26 Street Banners
• Flyers promoting radio drama schedule and radio
  stations
• Flyers promoting the Health Festivals Arte y
  Salud

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Broadcasting of the Radio Drama

• 300 hours of transmission during 4 months 10
  daily transmissions in 7 radio stations in 5
  cities
• 4 promotional spots for one month, 7 radio
  stations

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Broadcasting of the Radio Drama

• 70 of the 42 Garifuna communities are being
  reached by the radio drama (All communities in
  Atlántida and Cortés 7 in Colón).
• According to the rapid assess met conducted in 7
  communities in August 05, 67 of youth aged 15-24
  recalled the radio drama

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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED

• 3050 T-shirts distributed
• 1,280 Posters distributed
• 21,300 flyers distributed
• 720 CDs with music distributed
• 26 community maps (one in each community)
• 26 street banners (one in each community)
• 1 Discussion Guide to use to radio drama as an
  educational tool

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Community Mobilization

• 28 communities participated
• 17 in Colón
• 3 in Cortés
• 8 in Atlántida.

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Community Mobilization

• Training of Community Mobilizers 2 workshops en
  Tela y Trujillo, 40 community mobilizers
• Radio Drama launching June 2 in La Ceiba.
  Participation of 180 community leaders, including
  mayors, vice-mayors, health and education
  directors, patronatos religious leaders, midwives
  and NGOs, USAID, ONUSIDA, Fondo Global, PNUD,
  UNFPA

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Community Mobilization

• 28 Local Launching Events 803 people
  participated
• 23 Health Festivals Arte y Salud 4,063
  Garifuna youth participated and received
  information about the radio drams, HIV/AIDS
  messages and exposed to theatre with messages

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Community Mobilization

• Letter-writing contest July and August
• 130 letters received from 11 communities,
  expressing satisfaction with the radio drama, use
  of Garifuna language and culture and addressing
  HIV/AIDS
• Flyers distributed in each house to promoter
  contest

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Monitoring

• Pre-testing IEC Subcomittee and Radio Drama
  design team conducted pre-testing
• 16 Focus Groups with youth and adults from
  Garifuna communities
• Transmission Monitoring conducted by Vallejo y
  Asociados
• Rapid Assessment of the Radio Drama 329 youth
  interviewed in 7 communities

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Use of Radio Drama as Educational Tool

• Training of 16 health educators and promoters of
  NGOs from the following communities Corozal,
  Sambo Creek, Río Esteban, Nueva Armenia,
  Travesía, Bajamar, Masca, San Juan, Triunfo de la
  Cruz, Trujillo, Limón, Santa Rosa de Aguan

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Use of Radio Drama as Educational Tool

• Meetings with 60 school directors/teachers of 3
  departments received a package and were trained

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Production of the Second Garifuna Radio Drama

• Current re-transmission of Ancestros No Mueren
  (November to March 2006, with community
  mobilization activities)
• Story Development, Plot, and sub-plots, time-line
  and character profiles are currently being
  developed
• South-south collaboration continues (CPC
  Nicaragua)
• First scripts written in Nov and Dec 05
• Launching in April 06