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Impact Data - Gobe da Haske (Tomorrow Will Be a Brighter Day)

Country

Niger

Date

March 1, 2007

Context

In February 2006, Population Media Center (PMC) launched a radio serial drama entitled Gobe da Haske, which in Hausa means "Tomorrow Will Be a Brighter Day". The drama was designed to raise awareness and discussion around child trafficking, exploitation of children, and related issues. According to PMC, because of a dramatic growth in population in Niger, development of necessary infrastructure is impeded, social services are unavailable, and parents find themselves struggling to provide for their large families. As a result, many children are forced to leave their communities at a very young age in hopes of a better life or they are sold into slavery by their parents.

Methodologies

The programme, consisting of 144 episodes, finished its initial broadcast on January 14 2007. A final evaluation survey was completed in March 2007.

Access

According to the evaluation, listenership throughout the programme was very high, with 86.6% of men and 94.3% of women respondents reporting that they "always" or "frequently" tune in. Overall, 92.1% of male and 93.7% of female listeners reported that the drama's issues concerned them.

Increased Discussion of Development Issues

40% of listeners had discussed exploitative child labour during the past 12 months, compared to 19% of non-listeners.

Knowledge Shifts

According to the evaluation, the final survey provided evidence of significant changes in the level of knowledge of listeners, as demonstrated by the following indicators:

  • 39% of listeners could identify at least three methods of family planning, compared to 10% of non-listeners.
  • 23% of listeners knew the link between use of family planning and reducing exploitative child labour, compared to 6% of non-listeners.
  • 67% of listeners had heard about exploitative child labour, compared to 28% of non-listeners.
  • 55% of listeners had heard of child trafficking, compared to 28% of non-listeners.
  • 34% of listeners could cite at least three practices that lead to exploitative child labour, compared to 15% of non-listeners.
  • 29% of listeners could cite at least three practices that lead to child trafficking, compared to 14% of non-listeners.

Contact

Kriss Barker
Population Media Center

P.O. Box 547

Shelburne Vermont
05482-0547
United States
Tel: + 802 985 8156

Related Summaries

Source

PMC website on May 5 2008 and June 25 2009.


Placed on the Soul Beat Africa site May 20 2008
Last Updated June 25 2009



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