A radio channel dedicated to and broadcasted in Indian languages will be launched in Venezuela on October 12, 2010, national Day for Indigenous Resistance.

Adiketsuya, « the right sound », will be broadcasted in Whotüja, Jivi and Curripaco in order to help remote populations improve communication within the communities themselves and/or with urban areas, mainly for health purposes. The people living in these areas should thus be able to receive warnings in case of a flood, for example, and subsequently get in touch with local medical teams. By popular request, sex education courses will also be implemented with the aim to reduce the number of precocious pregnancies.

Beyond health purposes for local populations, Adiketsuya also finds itself assigned with cultural objectives, as a potential vitality network for all these endangered cultures.

The idea of a radio channel came from a French doctor, Jean Chiappino, who was concerned with providing a possibility of distance contact for these populations, recently victims of another wave of malaria. The project then took shape thanks to the support of RFI (Radio France International) and funds supplied by the European Union.

For more information, this week’s issue of the French cultural magazine Telerama includes a double-page spread on the Adiketsuya initiative.