[grc] seeking donation of laptops and studio console

[Jim Ellinger]

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>     distribute widely.*
>     **
>     **Austin Airwaves' Jim Ellinger will be returning to**
>     **Ghana for a third time to assist in their developing**
>     **community radio and overall media environment.**
>     **
>     **As we have in the past, we are calling out to the**
>     **greater North American Community Radio community**
>     seeking donations of much needed radio gear.
>     **
>     **Specifically we are seeking two or three working laptop
>     computers. They must be able**to contain audio/editing/
>     DJing software. _Laptops must be in_**_good working condition_,
>     with all cables and accessories. (NO 'boat**anchors'!)
>
>     Hand held digital audio recorders. Fully functional, new in the
>     box would be nice. NO BATTERIES.
>     **
>     **We are also seeking a fully functional multi channel audio/studio**
>     **console. Console can be full size, but must not be larger/heavier**
>     **than a single person (that would be me) can carry.  (Or not.)
>
>     _You must pay for delivery to Austin Airwaves in Austin__, TX_.
>     **
>     **AA is a IRS recognized non-profit, educational organization. Your**
>     **donation may be tax deductible.  AA is working with ACDI/VOCA**
>     **and Farmer to Farmer on it's third radio assignment to Ghana.
>     AA has been an active member of AMARC since 1986.
>     **
>     **AA has delivered to training and equipment to many, many**places
>     around the world, including: Panama, Mozambique, Kathmandu,**
>     **Borneo, Nicaragua (one hundred audio cassettes, 1988), Tunisia
>     (2 World Social Forums), Haiti (post-**quake, 300 lbs of gear, an
>     entire station in three boxes, in conjunction with AMARC), as well
>     as Stateside, NOLA and Houston (post-Katrina) and most**recently,
>     wonderful Wimberley, TX, six days after the deadly Memorial Day
>     2015 floods. *
>
>     _*Deliveries must reach Austin, TX no later than Tuesday, March
>     1st*_*.**
>
>     **Austin Airwaves, Inc. **
>     **Radio Loading Dock**
>     **620 Fairfield Lane**
>     **Austin, TX 78751**
>     **(512) 796-4332 <tel:%28512%29%20796-4332>**
>     **
>     **_US Mail to_:**
>     **P. O. Box 49492 **
>     **Austin, TX  78765
>
>     Thank you,   jim ellinger
>     AA/AMARC/ACDI/VOCA/F2F
>     *
>
>     *Thank you Jim,**
>     *
>     *The old broken console was a 12 channel and the current one is 8
>     channel oxy type.**
>     *
>     *I am actually looking for a console with the features that will
>     allow phone connection that **
>     **could allow call-ins and call-outs. Another feature could be
>     some delay process of call-ins.**
>     *
>     *The microphone connection for panel discussion of about 4- 6
>     people in the studio.**
>     **C**onnection for internet and computers for on-air programmes
>     and also for recording of **
>     **off-air programmes.**
>     *
>     *I hope I am making sense for you to identify the type that will
>     also be Rural African **
>     **environment.**Thank you once again. **
>     *
>     *Lydia Ajono**Radio Gurune 99.3FM**
>     *
>     *P.O.Box 347**Bolgatanga*
>     website:http://www.radioguruneonline.org
>
>     My name is Lydia Ajono from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region
>     Ghana. I am the Executive Director of Radio Gurune99.3FM. Radio
>     Gurune is a Community Radio operated by the Gurune Community
>     broadcasting and Multimedia Initiative. I am gender
>     advocate,trainer of broadcasting techniques,community development
>     mobilizer and research, I also have in-depth knowledge in
>     participatory communication radio productions and knowledge
>     sharing processes among other uses of ICTs in facilitating
>     citizenship participation in governance etc. I am fascinated about
>     this YENKASA programme and would be happy to participate in the
>     program as well as my Radio Station.
>
>
>     *W93.5 in Wa, Ghana*
>     http://www.w935fm.com/
>     *XR276A, La France Road, Kpaguri, Wa, Upper West Region*
>     *Daily, we strive to provide quality reporting on local, national
>     and international issues including ample live coverage and field
>     reporting methods all of which inspire us to unearth the untold
>     stories of the region. Our commitment to providing accurate,
>     reliable and valuable information, particularly to women, the
>     youth, farmers and the business community underpins everything we
>     do. Our vision is to be a valued, vital and vibrant radio service
>     that aims to advance the economic, civic and cultural development
>     of the communities we serve.
>     *
>
>     *"Radio has been a fundamental means for Indigenous Peoples to
>     maintain their languages and to exercise and defend their rights."
>     As recognized by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
>     Indigenous Peoples, Article 16
>
>     1. *Indigenous peoples have the right to establish their own media
>     in their own languages and access to all other non-Indigenous
>     media without discrimination.*2.* States shall take effective
>     measures to ensure that the media duly reflect indigenous cultural
>     diversity. States, without prejudice to ensuring full freedom of
>     expression, should encourage privately owned media to adequately
>     reflect indigenous cultural diversity."
>
>     Community radio stations...serve the vital function of
>     distributing information about important news and educational
>     programing like emergency disaster relief, voter registration,
>     public health campaigns to listeners in their own local languages,
>     reaching even the most rural areas where radio is the only
>     affordable form of communication. For Indigenous communities,
>     community radio provides access to programming in their own
>     languages and promotes their cultures, traditions, and belief systems.
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