The level of media development in Sierra Leone has over the years improved significantly. Media pluralism and liberalization of the media landscape in Sierra Leone has given rise to the establishment of several local news papers and radio stations nation-wide. There are about eighty registered newspapers in the Western Area even though not all are operational. In Sierra Leone there is only one public service broadcaster (SLBC) and about fifty Private/Community radio stations including Radio Bintumani. These radio stations have various types of programming and format based on their locations and target audience. Radio Bintumani is one such station established as a community station to serve the koinadugu district. As the only radio station in that district, there is a dire need to ensure that the capacity of the radio station is developed to enable the station meet the informational needs of the community. 
 
The purpose of the project is to upgrade the standard of the community radio station (Bintumani Radio) that is serving the entire Koinadugu District so that the voices of the people in that district will be brought to the national platform through the Independent Radio Network, IRN of which Radio Bintumani is a member.