Nalamdana, meaning "Are you well?" in Tamil, is a non-profit organization based in Chennai, South India.
We use innovative communication methods to provide knowledge about health to illiterate audiences. Response-driven participatory street theatre, interactive games and puzzles, audio and video cassettes, tele films, small group workshops, television serials. Nalamdana explores the full range of communicative possibilities to reach out to people.
Recent News
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Our Wish List
Over the last 18 years, Nalamdana has reached out to many audiences around Tamil Nadu and in some other Southern States. Most of Nalamdana's funding has come from international ...
Posted Nov 2, 2011 2:44 PM by patricia fein
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Youth Education and Leadership
Since 1995, Nalamdana has been supporting students from economically challenged backgrounds, to help them complete their high school, under Nalamdana’s Youth Education and Leadership Program.The funding for this ...
Posted Oct 12, 2011 11:13 AM by patricia fein
| Our Beliefs
• We believe in the Right to Information. Access to correct and complete information is a basic right.
• We believe that the message-embedded-in-entertainment method has extraordinary retention and recall.
• We believe in response-driven participatory methods. Communication media must reflect the changing nature and knowledge level of audiences. The micro beliefs of the community should be woven into the script and addressed. For instance: sexual taboos and attitudes, misconceptions about pregnancy, and so on.
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