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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.