Jean media has already received several aplicants to volunteer in our current project of Mtwara Community Radio. Graduates from journalism schools who are from Mtwara are enthusiastic about joining Mtwara FM and they have shown great Support!.
Meanwhile Mtwara is Buzzing with news about this community Radio. Everyone is anxiously waiting to see how it will all work out.
Mtwara FM plans to colaborate closely with the community of Mtwara and bring projects that will bring about real change that is greatly needed.
A Representative for Mtwara Communty Radio RADHINA KIPOZI is currently in Pemba,Micheweni attending a workshop on technical training for community Radios in TANZANIA. The workshop was organized by UNESCO, MISATAN, and UNITED NATIONS. The workshop started on the 4th and will end on 8th of october.
The first such workshop was done held in 2008 in SENGEREMA where a network called COMNETA(COMMUNITY MEDIA NETWORK TANZANIA)was then created.
Jean Media is now in the process of officially going on air in Mtwara on there on going project of the Community Radio called MTWARA FM. The programs have already been aligned . Mtwara has very High expectations for this particular community Radio which will be the first Radio Station to carry the name of the region in its Title which is Mtwara FM. The streets of Mtwara are now buzzing with the sounds of Mtwara fm on test transmittion.
JEAN media is now in a struggle to run the Mtwara Community Radio with a few volunteer officers. The main issue at the moment is to find a way to take care of running costs of the community Radio. We have already prepare program schedule we are now on to making programs for the station which will involve the staff visiting the community in their rural areas
JEAN media offices has also relocated to Mtwara for the time being with a few staff in Dar-es-salaam just for representation.
