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BBC Somali 17:00
BBC Somali 18:00

National Ethnic Broadcasters Conference 2000 in Sydney

First of all, I would like to give you a brief background of the Radio Program, called Somali Voice in Sydney. Somali Voice goes on air for one hour every Thursday in the 2000 FM Studio. It was established in 1996 and operats on a volunteer basis. Within the first two years the Radio Program received a small amount of funding from the Community Settlement Service project, funded by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, which paid for the cost of a time slot used on 2000 FM. After that the Program was left to come up with its own funds to cover all cost involved in the radio production. Fortunately , this year we received sponsorship from ACL to keep the radio program going and we thank ACL for their generosity.

Despite a lot of difficulties, a small team of volunteers succeeded in keeping the program on air. Each week numerous Somali voices appear with news and other information to share with Somali speaking people in NSW. It has been tough, particularly considering that our community is very new and each one of us is still engaged in our own settlement problems. But in Somali, there is a Somali saying "God deserts not the courageous man" and that is what happened. Full speech on here
Xikmada Maanta
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. -Henry David Thoreau
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