62 persons from 44 Organizations in the Grenadines receive

Training in Communications and Climate Change.

A Newsletter

44 organizations throughout

the Grenadines are now able

communicate effectively with

the public after 4 one day Me-

dia and Climate Change

Awareness Workshops were

held by Radio Grenadines Inc.

Participants included repre-

sentat ives from NGOs,

Schools, Religious Groups,

Clubs, Sports Teams, Cooper-

atives and other Civil Service

Organizations.

The training workshops are

apart of a Radio Grenadines

Project aimed to raise aware-

ness on climate change and

e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s s u e s

through the establishment of

an Internet Radio and Media

Facility in the Grenadines.

The project will run for one

year from September 2014 to

August 2015 and is funded by

Global Environment Facility

Small Grants Programme,

UNDP and In-Kind Partners.

On the 22nd September 2014

the Radio Grenadines team

travelled to Bequia to conduct

training there. We then jour-

neyed to Canouan on the 6th

October 2014, Union Island on

the 5th November 2014 and

Mayreau on the 24th Novem-

ber 2014.

62 Participants in total were

engaged in an interactive lec-

ture and presentation on how

to write effective press releas-

es, use photos and videos to

document their activities

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Special points of interest:

62 Persons from 44 Organizations

Trained in Press Release Writing and

Basic Journalism.

Paint Job for Radio Grenadines New

Office and Radio Studio

LIME On-Board!

Community Hand-Print Mural a

Success

Media Equipment Arrives!

Volunteer with Us

January 2015

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Participants in Bequia

Participants in Canouan

Participants in Union Island

Participants in Mayreau

and to choose the relevant

target audience in order to

manage the resources of their

organizations.

Participants also were made

aware of the Radio Grenadines

publishing platform and got

information on how they can

publish press releases free of

cost.

Katrina Collins-Coy, President

of the Union Island Environ-

mental Attackers and an Envi-

ronmental Activist delivered

lectures on climate change and

other environmental topics.

Participants were given an

overview of what is climate

change and how it can affect

small islands.

The theme for the workshops

was “Your Network is your Net

Worth”. Networking among

the groups was encouraged

through various exercises

where persons were made

aware of the functions and

activities of other groups.

Stanton Gomes, founder of

Radio Grenadines Inc, spoke

on the effectiveness of press

releases and how it would

bring awareness on groups

and the community activities

they are engaged in.

Radio Grenadines Inc. is a

registered non-profit organiza-

tion which has been in opera-

tion since 2011, publishing

community articles, photos,

videos and providing an Inter-

net Radio Broadcast.

Sponsors for Radio Grenadines Talk-Shows Radio Grenadines is offering persons the opportunity to sponsor our upcoming Climate

Change, Environmental and other community Talk-Shows which is Due to start in April 2015.

Being a non-profit organization we depend on sponsorship, donations and self-help to ad-

vance our community work. Radio Grenadines is powered by website and stream servers as

well as electricity, office space and other items that consume our resources. Interested per-

sons can contact us on 784.458.8452 or email us at info@radiogrenadines.com. We will

give special recognition to all sponsors via our talk-shows, website banners and social media.

Paint Job for Radio Grenadines New Office and Radio Studio

We moved into our new office at the Mesa

Benji Mall at Clifton , Union Island, in Sep-

tember 2014. Our office was in need of a

new paint job so we asked for assistance.

We decided to go with an attractive green

and Giancarlo, owner of the Barracuda Res-

taurant donated the paint. Painter “Ben”

along with the group members from Radio

Grenadines volunteered to paint our entire

office.

Community Hand-Print Mural A Success

On Friday 24th October 2014 over 40 persons

on Union Island came out in support of Radio

Grenadines to create a wall Mural. Local Art-

ist and craft maker Dannis Coy plastered a

variety of colored paint onto different sizes of

hands for the design.

The idea behind the activity was to bring

awareness on our project to establish a com-

munity media and internet radio station on

the island. So the next time you are in Clif-

ton be sure to stop by and have a look at our

community hand printed mural and see if

you can guess whose hands they are.

Thank You “Raniesha”

Raniesha Bowens started working at our new

Radio Grenadines office in Clifton from Sep-

tember 2014 on attachment from the YES

Programme. She came just in time to setup the

admin section of our office and help organize

our training workshops for the Grenadines.

Raniesha quickly took up writing articles and

conducting video interviews. She also worked

on this present Newsletter as well as our train-

ing database. Raniesha left us in December

2014 to pursue a career in nursing .

Volunteer with Us ! A call is out for persons interested in volun-

teering with Radio Grenadines. To date we

have over 20 volunteers. Volunteers will have

a chance to learn ICT and Media skills free of

cost and practice these skills using our

equipped facility by way of talks-shows and

conducting interviews. If you or someone you

know would like to volunteer, signup at our

office or online via our website

www.radiogrenadines.com

In March 2015 Radio Grenadines will conduct

a 2 week professional broadcasting and jour-

nalism training for our members, don’t miss

out on this opportunity.

Media Equipment Arrived! In January 2015 we received our brand new

set of Media Equipment for our Internet

Radio and Media Facility. The equipment

came as part of our current project funded

by GEF SGP, UNDP to establish an internet

radio and media facility. The equipment

will enable us to conduct in-studio inter-

views and discussion as well as host live

talk-shows in and out of the facility. The

team is busy installing and testing them to

make sure that we have the right sound and

no interruptions. Upon completion, we

would host a series of environmental radio

talk-shows; where persons will be able to

win prizes, along with other community

based shows and interviews. So keep in

touch, Like our Facebook page and keep

informed via our website.

www. radiogrenadines.com

LIME On-Board! The Telecommunications Company LIME

came on board with Radio Grenadines, sup-

porting our project and donated Internet Ser-

vice to power our facility. Nadia Young from

the Union Island Branch made the handover.

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