<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/19/2796032.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/19/2796032.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 29px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="6" style="font: normal normal normal 28px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: -1px; "><b>Solar-powered Bibles sent to Haiti</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>Posted Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:39pm AEDT</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; "><b>As international aid agencies rush food, water and medicine to Haiti's earthquake victims, a United States group is sending Bibles.</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">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.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">The Faith Comes By Hearing organisation says its Bible, called the Proclaimer, delivers "digital quality" and is designed for "poor and illiterate people".</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">It says 600 of the devices are already on their way to Haiti.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">The Albuquerque-based organisation says it is responding to the Haitian crisis by "providing faith, hope and love through God's word in audio".</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">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.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">"The Proclaimer is self-powered and can play the Bible in the jungle, desert or ... even on the moon!"</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">Tens of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents are living outdoors because their homes have collapsed or they fear aftershocks following Wednesday's quake.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; ">- <b>Reuters</b></font></p></div>
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