Ears to our World sends wind-up radios to Haiti

The humanitarian organisation Ears to our World has launched an initiative to distribute a substantial number of Eton Corporation-donated ETOW radios to individuals in remote and impoverished areas of Haiti affected by the recent earthquake.

ETOW’s wind-up radios, which also have a built-in flashlight, may provide life-saving medical and food/water supply information to families and communities.

The intial shipment of over 100 self-powered shortwave radios will be sent to Haiti next week. The organisation is currently raising funds to help pay the expedited shipping costs and perhaps allocate even more radios for a future shipment.

If you would like to support this worthy cause, you can contribute securely via the Ears to our World website through PayPal. If you live in the USA, your contribution may be tax-deductible.

Thomas Witherspoon of Ears to our World will be on a special edition of the Happy Station Show produced by PCJ Media next week to talk about the project. Also in this broadcast there will be messages in Creole from people in different Haitian communities who are trying to locate family.

This special edition of the show will air to all regions PCJ broadcasts to, including partner stations. The first transmission will air on 21 January, 2010 at 0200 UTC via WRMI on 9955kHz directed to Latin America and the Caribbean. To find out all other broadcast times go to www.pcjmedia.com.

Source: Media Network