Imagine living in a country where you can’t access the Internet, watch television, read newspapers and even receive mail. Except for Bangui, the capital city, that’s what life is like for most of the Central African Republic’s (C.A.R.) 4.5 million residents. Their lifeline to the rest of the world is radio.
In 2007, Dan was part [...]
In 2007, when Dan and the team from HCJB Global were in the Central African Republic, installing a satellite system to receive Christian French programming from TWR to be broadcast on the local shortwave station, they were unable to receive a signal from the TWR satellite.
Now, three years later, our team was struggling again for [...]
While in the Central African Republic, Dan and the Technology Center team visited the first Christian FM radio we helped establish in the country. Radio ESCA (French acronym for may the Lord save Central Africa), has a dedicated staff of volunteers that work outside jobs to support themselves. They do much with what we would [...]
I have uploaded a number of photos of the work I am involved with here in the Central African Republic during the month of April. You can view these photos at danhcjb.org/africa.
The work on our projects is going well and I am in good health, although it is not easy because the weather is hot [...]
Lord willing, on March 30, Dan is returning to the Central African Republic to install two new regional shortwave radio stations. These installations are similar to the one he helped set up three years ago.
One installation will provide a second station for ICDI (Integrated Community Development International) near the town of Boali. Most of [...]