AT LAST A BOUNCY BABY IS BORN INTO THE MENCHUM FAMILY

SDO Kamga Charles and Mayor Dighambong Anthony making use of the newly installed Wum Community Radio

After nine months of gestation, nine months of desperately waiting, the anxiety of waiting finally boiled down to the enthusiasm of having at last a veritable communication tool in the hands of the entire Division. No doubt the adage, he who laughs last laughs best. The oldest Division in the Region now has a Radio. The Wum Community Radio, broadcasting on Frequency Modulation 99.9 MHz, has come to stay. The coming of this radio marks the beginning of a new era in the development vision of Wum Council, since communication is an unavoidable tool in the process of development.
Ndefru Melanie, Ewi James Reagan, Ghong Carine Ndum, Aji Camilus and Elvis Penn, will have to write a new history for this Division as a whole, and Wum municipality in particular, as they shall have the daunting task of informing, entertaining and educating the listeners.
The birth of this radio, is a plus since communication is a cornerstone in the development process. The idea of communication in participatory development, draws attention to the emphasis on two-way communication processes, and a departure from one-way communication approach that involve disseminating messages, transmitting information, or persuading people to change their behavior. Participatory development communication, gives preference to horizontal approaches that involve encouraging dialogue centered on problem analysis and a search for solutions, as well as bottom-up approaches that aim to raise the awareness of decision-makers. These approaches are based on a process of community communication reasons why the Wum community radio, has been created to complement our dialogue process.

Mayor Dighambong AnthonyMvo at the Cabin

The relevance of communication to the development of our municipality is an established pattern in development studies. It is borne out of the realization that development is human-centered and thus requires communication for its full realization. Communication is the key to human development and the thread that binds people together. Therefore, development efforts cannot be successful without planned communication because its flow determines the direction and pace of dynamic social development. This is the obvious reason why the National Community Driven Development Program, PNDP, stood by Wum Council, to make sure that a communication tool is given to this old division in order to foster its development.

PNDP cautioning radio staff to make good use of the equipment supplied.

 This write up has just provided an overview of what the council and her development partners have been doing in terms of planned development within the municipality. It is hoped that you will find it very useful. Wishing you the very best in your reading.