Number 240, January 2002
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With the war in Afghanistan essentially over, the task of building a community of peace and reconciliation is now part of the global agenda. WACC's commitment to communication rights, beginning with the rights of the individual, leads us to support the following statment.
David Lin and Sean Hawkey , WACC staff, attended the Community Media Association’s annual conference in London which was addressed by many distinguished speakers including Mohan Bista of Radio Sagarmatha, Anna Feldman of GreenNet and APC. Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal, is supported by WACC. Andrew Puddephat of Article 19 gave this opening keynote speech:
This event was held at the Sofia International Management Centre which is situated on the foothills of the Vitosha mountain range that towers above Sofia. It was organised by the ecumenical culture organisation ’Svetlina’, an inter-faith media organisation based in Sofia. 27 people from the region - Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo and Bulgaria representing film and TV producers, film critics, academia and religious communities took part in this event.
C.R.W. David, who died on 20 August at the age of 69, was the architect who incorporated communication studies in theological education in India, a process that took more than 15 years. This is his most important contribution to both communications and theology, and it is now his lasting legacy. His efforts are reaping their first fruit: Every student of theology in some 80 colleges affiliated to Serampore University takes regular courses in communications; three colleges offer advanced studies on the Master's level, and two have enrolled their first doctoral students in the area of communication and theology. This in itself is a pioneering venture, unique in Asia and most other parts of the world.