Unable to return home, tens of thousands of Nepali migrant workers are starved of information about loved ones after last week’s devastating earthquake.
As Gopal Guragain, director of the Ujyaalo 90 Network, explains in an article published by Open Society Foundations, radio “can’t bring these workers home to Nepal, but it can try to bring Nepal to them”.
Ujyaalo is a Kathmandu-based radio network that provides programming for 170 radio stations across Nepal and globally via the internet. It is helping overseas Nepalis to find out more about the recovery and providing them with a platform to air their concerns. Read the article.