Haiti Radio Response

In the wake of the earthquake devastation in Haiti, many ministries are taking immediate action -- both on the ground in Haiti and on the air in Christian radio. Here are a few ways your listeners will be informed, and a few things your station can do to add to the coverage.

On the air

What listeners will hear today in response to the devastation:

"HAVEN NOW"
Charles Morris will share an eyewitness account from a woman who is in Haiti and watched a mountain split in two during the quake.

What listeners will hear tomorrow:

"HAVEN Today"
Charles Morris will set the spiritual stage for prayer and action -- Hastening Help to Haiti. Guests include Wayne Pederson (HCJB Global) and Dick Snook (Missionary Flights International). Friday's program will also report on the latest coverage of Haiti.

"Beyond the Call"
HCJB Global President Wayne Pederson talks about their Rapid Response medical team that arrives in Haiti on Thursday and talks about the opportunity to be the "Voice & Hands" of Jesus. On Friday's program, Wayne encourages listeners to be in prayer for Christian radio stations in Haiti that have suffered from the quake.

"Life Issues^®"
Brad Mattes points to the devastation as a reminder of the sacredness of life and asks listeners to pray.

***Please note if you take any of the above programs on Amb-OS, you do not need to take any action. For FTP, please find the replacement program on our FTP site.

More for Your Station

Aside from regularly scheduled programming, here are a few more ways to amplify your station's coverage and response to the earthquake in Haiti:

Download Sound Bytes/PSAs

1) HCJB Global: In an eight-minute segment, members of a Global Hands rapid response medical response team are interviewed right before they leave to join Samiritan's Purse in Port-Au-Prince. Hear what they expect to find and a call to pray for Christian radio stations in Haiti.

2) HCJB Global: Two short sound bytes from HCJB Global President Wayne Pederson talking about being the "Voice & Hands" of Jesus to the people of Haiti and prayer for Christian radio stations in Haiti.

3) Billy Graham Rapid Response Team: New PSAs focusing a call to pray for the people of Haiti and BGEA's response.

Download the above audio at our FTP site:

ftp://ftp.ambassadoradvertising.com/
Username: station
Password: aaa
Folder: HAITI

Request an Interview

1) HCJB Global: The ministry's Rapid Response team in en route to Haiti. Working in coordination with Samaritan's Purse, the team will provide medical assistance in the wake of the disaster.

Contact for Interview: Michelle Sorak at 719-590-9800

2) Compassion International: Compassion has been in Haiti since 1968. With more than 64,000 children in more than 230 child development centers, it's likely someone in your audience has or knows someone who has a sponsored child in Haiti.

Port-au-Prince native--Edouard Lassegue, Compassion International's regional vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean, is available by phone and via satellite from Miami.

In Haiti--Doug Bassett, Compassion International's director of Central American countries, is available by phone and potentially via Skype.

Contact for Interviews: Christy Lynn Wilson or Kathy Redmond at 719.272.5639

Responding Now

Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) and representatives from Samaritan's Purse are en route to the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti.

Compassion International has a team in flight to provide urgent relief. Was your sponsored child affected by the disaster?

HCJB Global is sending a rapid response medical team from Ecuador. Please pray for safety as they leave Thursday.

Mercy Ships^® is mobilizing their Disaster Relief Mercy Team to address medical and non-medical relief.