Kyela FM

Kyela FM is focusing on capacity building of the Government and local government institutions and build on the decentralized administrative system.Participatory capacity building activities will be concentrated at local level,enabling beneficiaries to analyze the constraints they face,identify opportunities and requirements and obtain and administer the support they most need.

Participatory activities will focus on seven main areas: Community Infrastructure,Health,Environment,Agriculture and Education.
Kyelafm Radio is a community based radio station in Kyela District,Mbeya Region.It was founded by Kyela Community Initiative Services (KCIS),a grassroots NGO in Kyela,Mbeya and was launched on 27 October 2010 by the UNISCO representative in Tanzania,Ms Vibeke Jensen.

Kyela FM's mission is to stimulate rural development in Mbeya region by facilitating access to and dissemination of information,learning resources,and communication technologies.

The station seeks to be “a voice for the voiceless”,offering its microphone to “marginalized” communities including the poor,women and children’s groups,the handicapped,and HIV/AIDS sufferers.Mbeya is one of the regions said to have the highest HIV/AIDS cases in Tanzania,mainly due to its location on the Tanzania-Zambia highway Kyela FM Radio broadcasts from 5:00 A.M to midnight,to a potential audience of over 2millions in the five regions of Mbeya,Iringa,Ruvuma,Rukwa and the northern part of Malawi where national TV’s and Radio barely reach.