In Thateng town, Sekong Province, 800 km’s south of Lao’s capital Vientiane, 19-year old Nouan Anong is in the local radio studio presenting the morning news. Nouan is a volunteer radio DJ with the Thatheng Ethnic Community Radio for Development (TECRD) station and presents the show in her local Ta-oi language.

The radio was launched in April 2010, with support from the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  Radio programmes cover topics such as health issues, agriculture and information for youth to better understand the history of their ethnicity, in addition to other relevant topics. The community is involved in every aspect of the radio, from school children cleaning the radio grounds, to youth reporters producing the content.

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 Photo: UNDP Lao PDR / Philippe Pernet