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- Kamka Kura (KK), a Youth and Livelihood-based Radio Program produced by Equal Access Nepal, is a radio program that is meant for the youth who are seeking better opportunities and for a good and secure future. With a tagline of Exploring Livelihoods, Kamka Kura is a distant learning job skills training radio series designed to help the youth of Nepal, especially those young people who are most disadvantaged regarding education and opportunities. Kamka Kura disseminates information regarding livelihood issues (i.e. Agriculture, technical vocational education and skills, Livestock, Education) through the means of drama, chat, interviews, features, reports, letters etc. It also creates linkages with local services. KK began broadcasting on May 16, 2007, and broadcast its final episode on September 1, 2010, through Radio Nepal and in the first week of September through other FM stations. It was broadcast over 36 local radio stations nationwide, both in urban and rural areas including State radio, and Radio Nepal. From October 2009 - March 2010, with support from Internews Europe, KK produced and broadcast programs on themes of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Micro-finance. The program aimed to encourage information seeking behavior among micro finance/small and medium enterprises and build awareness and capacity among micro finance institutions to simply critical business information. From June - August 2010, Kamka Kura incorporated issues related to Skills for Employbility with support from British Council. Issues like importance of vocational skills, information on some vocational and technical areas, importance of skill testing and other skills like entrepreneurship, communication skills, presentation skills, etc. were included along with the "Learning English" section which aimed to teach English for work to its listeners. (en)
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- Kamka Kura (KK), a Youth and Livelihood-based Radio Program produced by Equal Access Nepal, is a radio program that is meant for the youth who are seeking better opportunities and for a good and secure future. With a tagline of Exploring Livelihoods, Kamka Kura is a distant learning job skills training radio series designed to help the youth of Nepal, especially those young people who are most disadvantaged regarding education and opportunities. (en)