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Freddy’s Fun Facts                        A Solar Radio


        Land Ho! In 1492
      Christopher Columbus
      discovered the island of                   The sun is shining here!
      Hispaniola. The natives called             What do you enjoy doing outdoors?
      their home “Hayti”
      or mountainous land.
                                                    For the people of Haiti this means they can charge their
                                                     solar-powered fix-tuned radios.
        Eight out of ten people
      in Haiti cannot read.
                                                       With one of these radios, Haitians can listen to radio
                                                       programs on Radio 4VEH in French or Creole. What makes
       In Haiti, the average                                these radios so special?
      person lives to be only
      46 years old.                                           Well, the batteries inside the radio are charged when
                                                              the radio and its attached solar panel are placed in

        OMS Bethesda Clinic                               the light of the sun.
      treats more than 30,000
      patients every year.                          Radios are small enough to be held in one
                                                     hand, and they are used as a tool for sharing
                                                     the Good News of Jesus with Haitians.

        What some families will                    What joy when Haitians receive a radio!
      spend for groceries in a                     Besides listening to music, they can hear of
      month is what most Haitian                   God's love through children's programs, news, or preaching.
      families will earn a year.
                                                   At other times, God's love is heard when they teach
        Wow! In one year alone,                   listeners about farming techniques, cleanliness, or health.
      more than 5,000 radios were
      purchased for Haiti.                       The radios are given as gifts people all around the world like you.
                                                 To learn more you can visit www.resoundinghope.org

       The ministry of 4VEH began as
      a Christian radio station. It now        Cook’s Corner: On January 1 , Jou d’Independence
                                                                                              st
      uses Television and the internet
      to share Jesus with Haitians all         (Independence Day), the Haitians celebrate with families by
                                               enjoying Joumou (pumpkin) soup and French bread.
      over the world.











                  Slip away from day-to-
                  day life and experience a
                  day in Haiti through this
                  colorful and interesting
                  book.  What is a Tap-Tap
                  anyway?


                  TAP-TAP
                  By Karen L. Williams
                  ISBN 0-395-65617-6



     Missions to the MAX is written and published by One Mission Kids. No unauthorized reproduction. © 2020 One Mission Society.
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