Message from ETOW's Director: World Radio Day 2013

Dear Friends,

Today is UNESCO World Radio Day, which is described as "a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information and freedom of expression over the airwaves."

UNESCO asked me to share my thoughts regarding the relevance of radio in our mission, as they wished to share it with others on World Radio Day.  You can listen to this short piece by clicking here or listening in via the embedded player below.

Without a doubt, radio is as relevant as it has ever been, especially in the remote, rural areas where we work–those areas without reliable power, let alone the Internet. It's why radios continue to be much more useful than laptops or cell phones.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the support you give Ears To Our World. We're enormously grateful.

This year, we've already sent radios to South Sudan and to Sierra Leone. The partnership in Sierra Leone will use radio to support women's rights over the airwaves through special radio programming. Radio, indeed, is a powerful medium for education and positive change.

Today, please take a moment to think about how radio as had an influence on our world–perhaps on your own life–and how it continues to be a lifeline for so many.

Thank you,

Thomas

Thomas Witherspoon

Executive Director, Ears To Our World

ETOW Featured in Popular Communications

Dear Friends of ETOW,

ETOW has had an incredible first year--from the donation of our first radios to their distribution in seven countries on three continents, from Eastern Europe to Africa and Haiti--we've seen healthy growth in our young organization. We're delighted and encouraged by our many empowering partnerships, as well, which have truly made our successes possible--such as that with the Empower Campaign, a stellar organization which is helping to build much-needed schools in Uganda, and which is now distributing ETOW radios to these same schools.

Our cover feature in December's international magazine, Popular Communications, sums up our year with hope for a bright future. See pages 14-19 for our story, Greg Majewski's excellent supporting article on page 22, and editor Edith Lennon's wonderful editorial on page 4.

We hope you've had a good year, too, and will continue to stay interested in and involved with Ears to Our World.

May blessings abound and peace reign throughout our listening world...

Warm thanks, Thomas.

Thomas Witherspoon Founder/Director, EARS TO OUR WORLD.

Download full article here--courtesy of Popular Communications.