Haiti (MNN) — Amid Haiti’s deep national struggles, hope and good news is being broadcast still! Radio-TV 4VEH, a ministry partner of Trans World Radio, has been sharing the hope of Jesus in Haiti for 75 years.
Staff member Kate Michel explains they are now a multimedia ministry:
“[We] started just doing radio [in 1950], and then in 2015 we began doing television as well. So we have a local television station in Cap-Haitien. We have a YouTube channel with 130,000 subscribers,” she says.
Their team also connects with fellow Haitians through social media, especially with an interactive daily prayer program.
The city of Cap Haitien. Photo courtesy of samu3ld via Unsplash.com
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“[The program] is midday every day for an hour, which is guiding our listeners in praying for Haiti, for the country, for leaders, and then for each other, for the prayer requests that listeners and viewers send in,” she explains.
People listen in to 4VEH’s Christ-centered culturally relevant content all the way from Port-au-Prince, where gang activity is at its worst.
“The radio signal doesn’t reach there, but they do listen in other ways, like on the internet, [or] from their phones,” Michel says. “So we are supporting those listeners as well, particularly through prayer.”
4VEH takes the gospel to Haitians wherever they are — in every sense.
“For people who are not able to access the local television station, or maybe even not able to afford batteries for their radio, we use solar-powered radios that we distribute to people in very poor areas,” says Michel.
“We’re excited that we still are able to do that. Even with all the problems that Haiti is going through, we’re still able to go out and give out these tools for people.”
Praise God for what He’s doing to bring hope to Haiti, and pray for abundant ministry for 4VEH’s next 75 years.
Want to hear stories of lives turned around through 4VEH? Check out their website for English listeners at 4veh.org/en.
Header photo of children in Haiti courtesy of Zach Vessels via Unsplash.
