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Lifeline radio in Myanmar

We worked with Myanmar Radio to produce Shin Than Chin Kan Lan Mya (Linking Hands to Keep Living) - a special Lifeline radio programme to help those affected.

Published: 8 August 2015
This is a very useful programme for us. It is opening our eyes and ears.
— U Myint Aung, a listener from Myanmar's Ayeyawaddy Region

Major floods in Myanmar, beginning in July 2015, left many dead and thousands badly affected.

We worked with Myanmar Radio to produce Shin Than Chin Kan Lan Mya (Linking Hands to Keep Living) - a special  radio programme providing life-saving and practical advice to help people affected by the disaster.

Programmes were broadcast throughout the day on Myanmar Radio and FM radio stations - collectively reaching people across flood affected areas. The programme contained updates on flooding and weather conditions and interviews with experts who provided self-help information. The programme also provided an interactive platform for affected communities to ask questions and share their own stories and self-help tips.

One listener from Myanmar's Ayeyawaddy Region told us, “This is very useful programme for us. It is opening our eyes and ears. The information is useful especially about how we can purify water."

The main programme broadcast in Burmese. Additional, shorter episodes were recorded in languages spoken in flood-affected areas, including Kachin, Hakha, Chin, Mindat Chin, Kayin and Rakhine. 

Myanmar Lifeline programming went off-air at the end of the monsoon season in October 2015.

Project information

Project name Shin Than Chin Kan Lan Mya (Linking Hands to Keep Living)
Funder  Emergency Appeal Fund 
Dates 2015
Themes Humanitarian
Broadcast partners

Myanmar Radio and MRTV

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