Thank you for your support in 2015!
GSM Bohnso School, Cameroon (Photo courtesy of our partner, EduCare Africa)
Ears to Our World extends our profound thanks, both for those we support, and for those who support us: namely, you.
This past year––2015––will be noted as the year ETOW provided significant support for schools and communities in the wake of the Ebola virus, even as we continued our consistent support for our long-term partners throughout the world––such as Project Education South Sudan in South Sudan, Western Carolina University in Kenya, and EduCare Africa in Cameroon.
We are also grateful to our partner and supporter, Eton Corporation, for their continued donations of the self-powered radios that fuel our mission. Thanks, Eton!
And we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you!
Now in our seventh year, ETOW remains dedicated to improving lives and building children’s futures through appropriate technologies, such as self-powered radios and super-efficient flashlights. While we continue to work with our existing and new partners, we’re exploring the latest communications and media technologies in an effort to expand the horizons of the students and teachers we assist. We plan to test the use of an Outernet satellite receiver, as well as expand the use of the HumanaLight both through our mission abroad and here in the US.
If you’d like to make a tax-deductible gift to help us in our mission, you can make your contribution online. If you would like to learn more about the HumanaLight kit––or if you would like to purchase one––check out: humanalight.org.
We hope you've had a wonderful 2015, and continue to stay interested in and involved with Ears to Our World. We welcome your support in any form. And to those who’ve already given it, we thank you.
May blessings abound and peace reign throughout our listening world in 2016!
In friendship,
Thomas Witherspoon
Executive Director,
Ears To Our World
a few words from ETOW’s field partners...these words are for you
“I wish to express our sincere gratitude...We use the ETOW radio regularly to listen to news from around the world, especially stations like...the VOA, BBC, Vatican Radio and others...It is particularly helpful to us in this village environment because it doesn’t require electricity...”
“The [ETOW] radio has helped the students, teachers and the community...During free periods the teachers and students come round to get free information over the radio. For me, the radio has also been my working partner...It serves as a torch or lamp in the absence of fuel...”
“A journalism student...receives the news over the ETOW radio and presents it every morning...to the entire student body. The Radio has been functioning now for two years without any problem. Thank you so much..."
“Our school is...without electricity [while] Telephone service is only sporadic, therefore the presence of such a powerful radio which receives right on campus and most parts of the village is a welcome relief to the entire community...We lack words to express our gratitude...”
“The administration of GHS Ntumbaw, the entire student body and the Ntumbaw community...wholeheartedly express their joy to you for the radio received. The fact that it generates power on its own saves us the cost of going for dry cells...giving us news of Cameroon and without. Thanks for your unreserved generosity...”
“On behalf of the students of this school, I thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart...”
“The ETOW radio is functioning effectively and we are making maximum use of this precious gift...Thank you..."
“Immense thanks and God bless your organization..."
“We pray that God should continue to give you the means to help other people around the world as you have helped us..."
“We remain grateful to you now and forever.”
And we at ETOW add our thanks to these. You have truly made a difference to the world––we, too, remain grateful now and always.