12/10/2025
15:00 - 16:00
BBC Media Action
Why attend
Find out how radio saved lives after the devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015.
Session Description
When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, it caused mass devastation for 1.8 million people. With such high levels of displacement and humanitarian need, people across Nepal needed accurate and trusted information to help them first survive and then to begin to rebuild their homes and their lives. This session, led by Shobhana Gurung Pradhan, BBC Media Action Co-Regional Director for Asia-Pacific, looks at how BBC Media Action used radio to save lives and habitat by launching Milijuli Nepali, a broadcast that ended up reaching the entire country.Session agenda
Speaker
Saving lives through radio