Role of Community Radio in Disaster Management

Imam Prakoso, AMARC Asia Pacific

Junichi Hibino, Radio FMYY, Japan

Communication with Community

Introduction

- Humanitarian Radio - Community-Based Radio - Independent Radio - Voice of Voiceless

Practice in Philippines

• Huge Information vacuum in affected areas by Typhoon Haiyan despite many media cover

• Emergency Radio plays integral role to disseminate information to the affected people.

Practice in Japan

Emergency Radio turns into Rehabilitation Radio to regain the people’s feeling to carry on living

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Practice in Indonesia

Developing knowledge of DRR to various community groups using local culture

Challenges

• Not all, only a few countries have conducive environment to develop community radio / emergency radio

• Lack of understanding from iNGOs, International Agencies, Governments to include community radio / emergency radio into Disaster Management

Suggestions

Clear regulation on developing community radio / emergency radio

Include community radio / emergency radio capable of emergency response and contingency plan

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