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Naya Bato Naya Paila, Antenna Foundation Nepal’s new Radio Soap Opera is produced in partnership with Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and funded by European Commission. The 15 minute long soap is broadcast three times a week through Radio Nepal and its regional broadcast in Surkeht. Naya Bato Naya Paila’s broadcast was launched in the beginning of August and is being aired through a network of 25 local FM Stations outside Kathmandu. The soap aims to encourage direct youth involvement in promoting peace at both local and national levels and at the same carries the message that youth can be engaged in peace-building activities at all levels and have powerful impacts. The soap is targeted towards youths (14-24 years) who are inhabitants of the hill districts and other remote areas.

Radio Soap Opera: Naya Bato Naya Paila

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Antenna in partnership with Search for Common Ground (SFCG) has launched its new radio soap series Naya Bato Naya Paila. The radio soap opera is aimed at fostering direct youth involvement in promoting peace at both local and national levels.

Through 15 minute long, 234 soap opera broadcast on national radio network and 25 local radio stations, the new radio soap opera aims to provide substantial impetus toward adoption of a strategy of conflict mitigation, especially among the young people.

The radio soap opera which is both action and solution oriented hope that many listeners will model their actions to the peace building process by identifying the characters in the drama. The show will ultimately open up space for a dialogue on the conflict throughout local communities across the country.

Aim: Encouraging direct youth involvement in promoting peace at both local and national levels

The Key Message: Youth can be engaged in peace-building activities at all levels and have a powerful impact

The General Objectives:
1.	Increased youth engagement in peace building activities at local and national level
2.	Increased level of knowledge and understanding of conflict issues among Nepalese youth
3.	Strengthened capacity of the target groups in conflict mitigation at local and national levels

Targeted Behavioural Changes:
1.	Youth will analyze the pressures on them in terms of what choices they have and how to respond to those pressures
2.	Rural youths will organize to address the root causes of conflict at the local level
3.	Youth will represent and take leadership roles in all levels and types of decision making processes
4.	Youth will utilize the tools of dialogue and discussion to prevent and resolve disputes at personal and community levels

Target Groups:
Primary – Youth 14-24, inhabitants of the hill districts and other remote areas
Secondary - The people surrounding youth (parents, younger or older siblings, teachers)