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successful experiment that it undertook when it asked senior citizens to express their wishes for the world.
This idea was also disseminated with the help of a magazine entitled “Reformiert”. Yes, we are definitely
ready for all these poignant stories about light and shadows.
RadioChico Schweiz used interviews, stories and songs to step over other boundaries as well, not just
those between generations: language boundaries within Switzerland are now also being crossed. In 2010,
some programmes were produced in French and English as well. With the newcomer Alexander, the team
of young reporters now even has an Italian-speaking moderator.
What about encounters with the Other beyond the borders of Switzerland? Yes, RadioChico Schweiz has
also crossed its national borders: it took part in an international workshop in Geneva, entitled “Conflicts
and Culture”. One of the special guests was the young rapper Emmanuel from Sudan, who looks back on
a childhood as a child soldier. The young RadioChico reporter who interviewed him had to do so in
English, using the radio’s fundamental principle of only reporting on good things. This case of “jumping
over one’s shadow” moved the young musician and motivated him to create a short rap for RadioChico.
Finally, in 2010 we were also in contact with a group from Sri Lanka. This group will produce a video for
RadioChico on the theme of “Jumping over one’s shadow” in a country characterized by violence and war.
In this project as well, the key theme will be reconciliation.
In 2010, many cornerstones were set to transform RadioChico Schweiz into a RadioChico World, the aim
of which will continue to be a step-by-step approach to reconciliation, in order to contribute to world peace
in the UN Decade for Peace.
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