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I am really thrilled to be associated with CAAM activities and more so when I had direct participation in 'Harogerige Hogona Banni'. This is really an innovative and informative programme. Keep it up.
Arunkumar Habbu
Chief of Bureau
Udayavani, Hubli
akhabbu@sancharnet.in
Thank you very much for the report. An initiative to take media to where development takes place in the real sense makes a lot of sense. Good luck in your work.
Kavita Ratna
Director,
The Concerned for Working Children
Bangalore
kavitaratna@yahoo.com
Glad to learn about your programme at Harogeri successfully conducted on July 17 for the benefit of media persons. Exposure to innovative agricultural practices in little known pockets of rural India is a laudable objective. It is worth all the efforts you are making in informing and educating mediapersons about the sustained development of rural India. Congratulations.
Krishnananda Hegde
Wisconsin, USA
bkhegde@lycos.com
Good. Media personnel need to be introduced about the positive effects of all development activities that are going on.
Vasudeva Sharma
CRT-Child Rights Trust,
Bangalore
vasulaks@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Glad to hear about this interesting initiative.
Venkatesh M. Raghavendra
Director, South Asia Partnerships
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, USA
vraghavendra@ASHOKA.ORG
The programme was useful in more than one ways. With everyone- who- has- done- anything trying to invite the attention of media, their apprehension towards anything presented as development is understandable. This inadvertently results in sincere development works not presenting themselves to media. CAAM did a commendable job of 'bridging the gap' in this case. The event was an opportunity for the villagers and workers of BAIF to showcase what they have achieved, through the blend of people's participation and technology.
With the country manifesting symptoms of development fatigue, skepticism is all-pervasive. The resultant vicious cycle of negativism needs to be broken if we have to repose our hopes on people-power. Harogeri is one of the several villages in India that have rediscovered the energy of their people. It was a great feeling to see the media people approving the community's feat.
This effort by CAAM has taken us another step towards the blossoming of many Harogeries and the faith that, we can do it.
Prakash Bhat
Additional Chief Programme Coordinator
BAIF Institute for Rural Development
Dharwad, Karnataka
baifdwd@sancharnet.in
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