The Emergency Radio Network
Basic information
Project Title
The Emergency Radio Network
Full project title
The Emergency Radio Network for kids
Category
Regaining a sense of belonging
Project Description
The new technology give us huge opportunities to re-discover and exploit the old best practices for emergency situation and it make them more available for large number of people and especially for kids. The radios in PMR band offer to the kids a opportunity to discover a way for their future job or make them better to interact and talk with other kids about their needs or hard situations they have in a way to find the best solution. To use a radio is a way to open your social horizon!
Geographical Scope
Regional
Project Region
The NW part of Buzau County and Buzau City and suburbs, Romania
Urban or rural issues
It addresses urban-rural linkages
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
EU Programme or fund
No
Description of the project
Summary
The aim is to offer to the kids a tool to make them better in to belongs to a group that offer support for the community in the emergence situation. Kids and youths are the groups that we show up the hand held radios in PMR and attract them to use them.
Key objectives for sustainability
All participants are supported by each other. This is the main goal of the project.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
The radio network offer a free changing opinions from different social levels and use the rules of the group is simple to learn about the culture of all of them. To talk about is simple and brings more knowledge for all.
Key objectives for inclusion
In the radio network for emergency is free to take part anyone. The participation is free for all wants doesn't matter of religion, social level, knowledge, age or sexual orientation.
Results in relation to category
The project has impact over 2500 kids and people in our city. Now monthly we have a emergency network calling and daily meetings. More of them ask for help or just are listen to feel protected and also to be part of the group.
How Citizens benefit
During the emergency situation and after the panic is present due the lack of information regarding the course of actions. We know that the mobile networks are first affected by the earthquake or others disasters and a simple device to gain information or to ask to be rescue is bring a feeling of protection and offer hope.
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
Innovative character
The project make possible now what before never had due the technologies of these days. The necessity of the people to talk were from the begging of the humanity.
Disciplines/knowledge reflected
To follow the simple rules for groups make the networks attractive. To listen then to speak is the main idea of all participants. Also because in the network are different social level, ages and knowledge participants offer a interact complex for the community.
Methodology used
To invite, to talk about the benefits of this kind of radio networks are the first step. Then to want to have a hand held radio PMR around make you curious and to try to taste the benefits. It is so simple!
How stakeholders are engaged
International Telecommunication Union - ITU offer the legal environment to exist this radio networks.
Global challenges
A very very large number of participants can provoke a disobey the group rules !
Learning transferred to other parties
All the elements of the project are free transferable and can be replicated.
Keywords
Re-discover
Connect
interact
comunity
belonging
