Tuesday, February 2, 2016
“Meme e Boda Boda Ruai Ruai, lat in niam ka Bentiu P.O.C.!” – blasted from the motorbike’s speakers, as it was driven around South Sudan’s largest Protection of Civilian (POC) site. “This is Boda Boda Talk Talk! Program One for Bentiu POC!”
News of the long-awaited launch of Boda Boda Talk Talk (BBTT) in Bentiu rang out in the Nuer language, spoken by the majority of Bentiu’s 120,000 POC residents. The hyper-local humanitarian information service launched in October, bringing two-way news and information to the community.
![BBTT Community Correspondent Margrate Simon Gatluak interviews community members in the Bentiu POC site. A woman journalist sits with a group of residents, some adults, some children.](http://internews.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/news/BBTT_Community_Correspondent_Margrate_Simon_Gatluak.jpg?itok=Y9oJTqOw)