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Project/initiative|Argentina|National

Radio La Colifata

Project title

Radio La Colifata

Description of initiative

La Colifata is an non-governmental organization that develops activities in the area of investigation and that offers mental health services utilizing the media to create “spaces of health”. The radio is commonly known as LT 22 Radio ¨La Colifata¨, the radio of the current and former internal patients of the Borda Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the first radio in the world to air from within a psychiatric hospital. The mentally ill patients broadcast through a radio station around the world from an Argentine mental asylum.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health
Physical health

Keywords

radio, music, talks, mental health, patients

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Multimedia, new media, digital | Music | Other

Timeframe

2007 - present

Sources of funding

La Colifata

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

People listened to the radio and the people from the hospital felt better.

Organizer(s)

La Colifata, Salud Mental y Comunicación
Argentina
NGO / Non-profit | Health