Since 2016, PMC-Nepal has designed, written, and produced three full-length social behavior change radio shows with both national and regional broadcast partners reaching audiences in the millions. In addition to these mass media programs, PMC has worked with grassroots girls’ empowerment organizations to incorporate entertaining content and strategy into life skills sessions for out-of-school girls’ community theater programs.
Rajan Parajuli
Country Director, PMC-Nepal
rparajuli@populationmedia.org
Mai Sari Sunakhari (“Orchid, Like Me”), a nationwide radio drama in Nepal, reached millions of listeners to challenge entrenched gender norms.
Hilkor (“Ripples in the Water”), a 104-episode radio drama produced by Population Media Center, aired in Nepal from April 2016 to April 2017 in the Maithili language.
Rope Guna Fal (“You Reap What You Sow” ), a 104-episode radio show, aired throughout 2022 across Nepal. It marked the third collaborative project between Population Media Center (PMC) and Antenna Foundation Nepal (AFN).
In the Far West and Karnali province of Nepal, stories once broadcast over radios are resurfacing—not just through soundwaves, but through sculpted clay, shadow puppetry,…
