2019年CRI 中国公司帮助肯尼亚村庄通电视（在线收听）

Michael Ng'ang'a from the Kenyan village of Uthiru just turned on the TV and sat down on the sofa to enjoy his favorite time of the day.

Years ago when Kenya made the switch from analogue to digital television broadcasts, the Ng'ang'a family switched their TV set off.

The family runs a modest shoe-repair business, and the cost of installing a digital receiver was beyond their reach.

But thanks to a free receiver provided by the program, television has again become a part of their lives.

"In the past, we had no television signal, so the children had to go to the neighbors if they wanted to watch television. But since they installed these devices for us, we can watch television again, both Chinese and local programs. I love watching Chinese television shows, and my children are fond of Chinese Kung Fu movies and cartoons. We really appreciate this."

In June last year, the television connection project was officially launched in Kenya at a cost of more than 8.4 million U.S. dollars.

There are plans for it to be rolled out to 800 villages across the country's 47 prefectures.

Besides local families, public institutions such as schools and clinics have also been included in the program.

Wang Qianxu is the deputy manager of Star Times Kenya, the Chinese company running the project.

"We set up television connections in three public places and 20 households in each village. For the three public places, we provide one 32-inch TV set plus solar panel that can power the TV when there's no electricity. The other two sets are projectors. These are all free and people can access more than 20 channels. For the local households we provide satellite receivers and set-top boxes."

The two local schools in the village of Uthiru now both have TV sets in their libraries thanks to the project.

A teacher says the TVs have been a great help for teaching the students, as some of them don't have a TV set at home.

"We often use the TV set when we teach science and Swahili. We want to let the children take a look at what is happening in the outside world. Through television, they can better understand the content of the course, especially when we have social science courses. The teachers also make their own slides and show them on the TV. This program has brought a lot of benefits to the children."

In Kenya, where transportation is difficult in many parts of the country, the maintenance of television connections is a big problem.

To guarantee a consistent service, StarTimes Kenya trained two repairmen in each village in case the equipment malfunctions.

1,600 local people have so far been trained as technicians.

For CRI, I'm Yang Guang.

乌锡鲁村村民麦克恩戈打开电视机，在沙发上坐了下来，享受他一天中最惬意的时间。

几年前，肯尼亚模拟信号被数字信号逐步取代，麦克恩戈家里的老式电视机便被荒废在一旁。

因为麦克恩戈一家人靠修鞋生意维生，根本无力支付电视信号接收系统的安装费。

得益于这个免费提供接收器的项目，电视再次回到他们的生活之中。

“以前我们家没有电视信号，孩子们想看电视的话就只能去邻居家。但自打他们帮我们安装了这些设备，我们就能看电视了，无论是中国的还是本地的节目都能收到。我很喜欢看中国的电视节目，我的孩子们也喜欢看中国功夫片和卡通片，我们都很开心也很感激。”

去年6月，一项总金额超过840万美元的电视落户计划在肯尼亚正式启动。

这个项目计划覆盖覆盖肯尼亚47个郡的共800个村落。

除了当地家庭之外，学校、诊所公共机构也被纳入服务对象。

王乾旭是四达时代肯尼亚公司副总经理，这家中国公司负责整个项目的运营。

“每个村是三个公共场所，每个村20户家庭，总共800个村。这三个公共场所，我们提供了有一台32寸电视机加上太阳能产品，它可以在没电的情况下也可以看。另外两个是投影电视。（公共产所电视）收费是全部免费的，可以看20多个频道。家庭方面我们提供了卫星信号和机顶盒。”

乌锡鲁村两所学校在图书馆里安装了电视机。

一位老师说，电视对于教授学生很有帮助，因为有些学生家里并没有电视。

“我们班上斯语和科学课的时候经常会使用到这个设备，我们会把孩子们带来这里让他们看一看外面的世界在发生什么，特别是在我们上社会科学这类课程时，孩子们可以通过观看电视更好的理解课程内容，我们也会制作教学课件带到这里来播放。这个项目给孩子们带来了很多好处。”

在交通不便的肯尼亚，项目的后续维护成了一个难题。

考虑到后续的服务保障问题，四达时代肯尼亚公司为每个村培训了两名维修人员，负责电视故障维修。

目前已为当地培训1600名技术人才。

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