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Kacun, Cambodia                                                                                                           Photo: © 2019 ADRA | Frank Spangler





                                                                                                                                                                                            “We are taking all of the EMBRACE units that are being                    assessment, water and sanitation, parenting, nutrition, and
                                                                                                                                                                                            taught and discussed in the reflect circle groups in the                  maternal health.
                                                                                                                                                                                            villages and using that same material for our radio
                                                                                                                                                                                            programs. We are broadcasting these live from three                       Discussing the EMBRACE topics on the radio is very
    176                                                                                                                                                                                     different radio stations in Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom                 important because there are many people that are just too                   177
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      busy with their work in the fields to be able to attend the
                                                                                                                                                                                            provinces.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      reflect circle discussion groups. This gives them the
                                                                                                                                                                                            To supplement the EMBRACE material we always invite                       opportunity to hear about this important principles even
                                                                                                                                                                                            guests from the community to join our live programming to                 though they can’t attend a group meeting.
                                                                                                                                                                                            help give a trusted local flavour to the topics. We invite local
                                                                                                                                                                                            doctors, midwives, government workers, and community                      The EMBRACE program provides radios for all of the target
                                                                                                                                                                                            leaders to join us in the broadcast. After discussing the topics          villages so that when people are not able to attend the group
                                                                                                                                                                                            we open up the phone lines so that people can call in with                training, they can borrow the radios to go out to the field.”
                                                                                                                                                                                            their questions. So far we have covered the first four units of
                                                                                                                                                                                            EMBRACE which has included topics of community

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