{"id":4521,"date":"2013-11-19T12:26:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2013-11-19T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:31:10","slug":"this-just-in-trans-world-radio-mobilizing-spiritual-and-physical-support-for-those-hit-by-philippines-typhoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/11\/this-just-in-trans-world-radio-mobilizing-spiritual-and-physical-support-for-those-hit-by-philippines-typhoon.html","title":{"rendered":"This just in: Trans World Radio mobilizing spiritual and physical support for those hit by Philippines typhoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n

Air support.\u00a0<\/strong>This just came into my inbox and I thought I’d share it with you because the people of the Philippines can you all the help they can get right now.<\/p>\n

CARY, N.C., Nov. 18, 2013 <\/strong><\/strong>\u2013 As supplies to meet physical essentials have begun flowing into the southern Philippines, TWR (Trans World Radio)<\/strong> is preparing to address the spiritual and emotional needs of Typhoon Haiyan survivors.<\/em><\/p>\n

The international media ministry is drawing on its strengths to contribute to relief efforts, most of which are aimed at stabilizing life in the ruined island towns and villages and then beginning to rebuild. A joint effort involving three arms of TWR\u2019s multifaceted outreach \u2013 the national office in the Philippines, the shortwave transmitter site on Guam and Member Care Media<\/strong> \u2013 will be broadcasting programs to inform, encourage and counsel the thousands who have lost family members, homes and, in many cases, hope itself. <\/em><\/p>\n

And as the broadcast gets underway, TWR Philippines staff members are rushing to buy supplies and line up volunteers for a trip to one of the areas hardest hit when Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, came ashore. There they will distribute food, water and radios and conduct outdoor services. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Plans called for a Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, launch of a special one-hour daily program produced by TWR Philippines and broadcast from Guam on the 19-meter shortwave band (15160 kHz) during the 8-9 p.m. time slot. Still being hurriedly developed, the program is expected to include information about disaster relief efforts, spiritual content and 15-minute segments from Member Care Media described as \u201cpsychological first aid\u201d for traumatized survivors of natural disasters.<\/em><\/p>\n

Scott Hollinger<\/strong>, who worked with Dr. Brent Lindquist<\/strong> of Link Care Center <\/strong>to produce the 15-minute segments originally used in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, recalled the comments of the director of Radio 4VEH<\/strong> in Haiti following the massive earthquake in that Caribbean nation. Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful, Storly Michel<\/strong> asked Hollinger, if most Haitians could sit down with a psychologist or a similar professional who could help them with their problems? \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018However, the reality is almost all the people in Haiti will never be able to talk with a counselor and get help psychologically for what they\u2019ve had to experience,\u2019\u201d Hollinger reported Michel as saying. \u201c\u2018These programs may be the only counseling these people will ever receive.\u2019 And I think the same situation applies to the Philippines. \u2026 If they can just hear words of encouragement and the fact that they are survivors \u2013 they\u2019re not victims.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the topics addressed in the 15-minute segments include \u201cDealing with Loss of Life,\u201d \u201cMaking Children Feel Safe After a Disaster\u201d and \u201cWhere Is God in the Midst of Disaster?\u201d Initially, the segments, voiced by Dr. Lindquist, will be aired in English but soon they will be translated into Tagalog, both of them national languages of the Philippines.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A series of one-minute devotional spots produced by the Biblica<\/strong> ministry and called \u201cWhen Your Whole World Changes\u201d also will be aired as part of this post-Haiyan outreach. Although broadcasting in shortwave from Guam is the quickest and most effective way to reach the hundreds of thousands in the southern Philippines, organizers of the effort say they expect to shift the special broadcast to a seven-station FM network in the storm-wrecked areas as those stations recover power and get up and running again.<\/em><\/p>\n

As it sets the special program in motion, TWR has issued a call to regular supporters and anyone else wishing to join this special project to help meet the spiritual and emotional needs of Filipino survivors. A fund to underwrite the effort has been created, and contributions are welcome at www.twr.org\/typhoon<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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