They're trying to help local stations do more bring money to their community and try to reduce poverty levels in the area. One way is to make them into multipurpose community centres. But obviously more is needed than just community involvement. One of ABC Ulwazi's training and information projects links up with a government push to encourage tourism, both locally and from abroad. That's the easiest.
Every place has a history.
It might be lost but it can be rediscovered and someone there will have a story to tell about that hill, tree or whatever. Promotion Continuing the folk lore theme, ABC Ulwazi encourage communities to run their own festivals based on local traditions and events such as harvest time, treading the first grape of the year or catching of the first fish. The community stations can use this to help promote the idea of community based sustainable tourism. We're making programs about examples of festivals, cultural capital and then distributing them to the local community stations. But first we invite them to our training centre in Johannesburg for 5 days.