Which one to choose...?

Hi Friends! 

Will you please read the appeal below and consider supporting UCBC, once again? We are trying to make UCBC's radio station, Radio Tele Bilingue, a powerful and consistent presence in the community. In order to do that we need a dependable generator that can be used even after school hours. We have already received a significant donation to purchase it and need to raise $7,000 more. Read below for more details!!!

For a few photos of the radio station, go to my blog post here.

Thank you for considering this! 

with love,

Bethany

Movie and popcorn or democracy and education?

Dear Friends of Congo Initiative, Movie and popcorn or democracy and education? Hmmm....an interesting choice, isn't it? But it's in your power to make it! You've already demonstrated that you are interested in the work of Congo Initiative (CI) and the Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC). Thank you for your support!   Please extend that support and help us expand CI's impact.  Literacy. Health. Democratic Elections. These are powerful forces for change in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) right now. And you can help! UCBC student broadcasting For the price of 2 movie tickets and popcorn ($25) you can help Radio Tele Bilingue (RTB), CI's just-launched radio station, double its broadcast time from 4 hours/day to 8 hours OR MORE! To do that, however, RTB requires a dedicated generator to power the station. The total cost: $12,000.* A generous donor has given a $5000 gift towards the purchase, shipping, and installation of the generator. If 300 people each give $25, we'll raise the addtional $7000 that will enable CI and UCBC to power RTB-a station with a potential listenership of 400,000-700,000 people! A one-time donation of $25 is the price of going to the movies this month. Entertainment or education? The choice is yours!  Please, donate today and be part of the power for change! *The generator is a high-quality, dependable machine with a superb track-record, and an expected life-span of service of 30 years or more. Our staff and students will be able to maintain and service the equipment to assure dependability and service. Even after UCBC campus installs a fully-integrated power source that includes renewable energy sources, the generator will continue to serve as back-up power, necessary for assured operations.   RTB is on the air thanks to the generous support of a committed group of donors and the Eastern Congo Initiative.

Radio Tele Bilingue

UCBC's radio station is up and going!

Tumba and John work on the sound board

I was even forced (seriously!) to record a little bit! Getting coached by Kaza and John
Thanks Tikva for the photo ;) 

Future students visiting the radio station :)
Hi Grace! 

Here is the article from Congo Initiative about the radio station - check it out!
http://www.congoinitiative.org/view.cfm?page_id=200

We are so excited to be broadcasting and starting to share with the surrounding community in a larger degree. Keep us and the team working with the station as well as the programs we're creating in your prayers - so that we can reach people with broadcasts and information that can truly be useful and transformational.