Interview of Refugee people at Teknaf

Radio Naf is playing an important role to aware host community about Rohingya issue. People of the country’s southern district Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila did not have a chance to listen to radio, as even the Bangladesh Betar cannot be heard from this very distant part. However, Community Radio Naf was started journey in lagged behind and natural disaster-prone upazila Teknaf.

It is playing significant role for dissemination of early warning messages, local weather messages, coping mechanism to disasters, information recovery and rehabilitation and also information on first aid, evacuation, cyclone shelters and standing orders on disaster after cautionary signal no. 4 and other GoB instructions on emergency basis.

Among the current program list of this radio–weather forecast including thunderstorm, awareness raising on thunderstorm and biodiversity, life and profession related news and programs on safe drinking water are most important.

Local administration, cultural activists, small merchants, fishermen and farmers are gradually being interested in Radio Naf. They are giving their own opinions about making new programs. The local people started treating Radio Naf as their own, because they don’t have any opportunity to participate in other broadcasting media.

Naf broadcasted cautionary forecast relentlessly on preparedness of disaster, during the time of disaster and post disaster like Mahasen, Komen, Roanu, Mora and Fani. Moreover, programs on environment and climate change as per Bangladesh Climate change strategy and action plan are also broadcasted.