[Vision2020] If they haven't got bread, let them eat Bibles

[Ralph Nielsen]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/19/2796032.htm

Solar-powered Bibles sent to Haiti

Posted Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:39pm AEDT
As international aid agencies rush food, water and medicine to  
Haiti's earthquake victims, a United States group is sending Bibles.

But these aren't just any Bibles; they're solar-powered audible  
Bibles that can broadcast the holy scriptures in Haitian Creole to  
300 people at a time.

The Faith Comes By Hearing organisation says its Bible, called the  
Proclaimer, delivers "digital quality" and is designed for "poor and  
illiterate people".

It says 600 of the devices are already on their way to Haiti.

The Albuquerque-based organisation says it is responding to the  
Haitian crisis by "providing faith, hope and love through God's word  
in audio".

The audio Bible can bring the "hope and comfort that comes from  
knowing God has not forgotten them through this tragedy," a statement  
on its website says.

"The Proclaimer is self-powered and can play the Bible in the jungle,  
desert or ... even on the moon!"

Tens of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents are living outdoors  
because their homes have collapsed or they fear aftershocks following  
Wednesday's quake.

- Reuters
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