01 Aug 2012 WACC supports community media in Himalaya Mountains

By Alana Green, WACC volunteer

In Baijnath, India, WACC project partner the Himalaya Trust has successfully concluded its  community radio project. Activities included three major training workshops and supplementary training for locals over a 12-month period. The Himalaya Trust was set up in 1993 to address critical issues of environmental degradation which has led to the increasing impoverishment of mountain communities in the Western Himalaya (India). The Trust works with small communities on awareness raising and skill development to improve access to knowledge and livelihood options in the state of Uttarakhand, in northern India. Read more…