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  • • Lack of Education Plagues Mozambique Economy

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  • • Radio station impacts Ivorians
    • Information can make difference between life and death.

    • Lenten self-denial aids Côte d’Ivoire
    • United Methodists asked to help Radio Methos in Côte d’Ivoire.

    • Church launches ‘Voice of Hope’ radio in Côte d’Ivoire
    • Radio Methos’ supporters receive the station’s first transmissions with joy.

    • Lack of education plagues Mozambique economy
    • While the economy in Mozambique is improving, it's not quick enough for impoverished families looking for a sustainable income.

    • Community radio crusade renewed in U.S. Congress
    • “Radio of the people, for the people, by the people" is the goal of bills introduced in the U.S. Congress.

    • United Methodist radio back on the air in Liberia
    • United Methodists in the West African nation have a new FM radio station to help heal the war-torn country.

    • Zimbabwean ministries get boost in communications skills
    • United Methodist church workers hear challenge to tell stories of faith in their areas.

    • Communications commission meets in Zimbabwe
    • Twenty-nine members of the Commission on Communications are meeting in Africa Jan. 4-11, the first ever meeting outside the United States.

    • Africa University develops e-learning plans, officials say
    • Africa University is on an e-learning threshold to become the pan-African institution it was created to be, school officials told United Methodist bishops.

    • African United Methodists count on radio to reach masses
    • MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) — On a vast continent where large regions are “off the grid” — inaccessible by Internet or telephone — African communicators are looking to one medium to help them connect United Methodist churches: Radio.

    • Analysis: Looking at community radio in Africa
    • Communication is a rare and precious resource in a land where phones lines don’t exist and no one delivers letters.

    • Africa University sees broader role as service provider
    • A training conference for United Methodist communicators is a sign of more events to come at the denomination's Africa University.

    • Conference trains communicators to tell Africa's stories
    • MUTARE, Zimbabwe (UMNS) -- For Marie Manisha, whose homeland of Burundi is still recovering from war, good communications is essential to life itself.

    • Mozambique struggles with communication issues

    • Bishop Joao Somane Machado and his staff know good communication saves lives.

    • Poor infrastructure stymies communications in Sierra Leone
    • It’s “neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night” that keeps the mail from being delivered in this African country.

    • Church in Zimbabwe far behind in communication

    • Gladman Makwenya is a young, enthusiastic communicator, ready to take on the challenges of spreading the news about the church in Zimbabwe with a pen and some loose recycled newsprint pages.

    • Initiative helps communicators build global network

    • Thirty-one representatives from 17 African countries will gather June 15-30 for an intense two-week course of study to build their skills as Christian communicators and help build a global network for the United Methodist Church.

       

    • Liberia Conference close to establishing radio station

    • Bishop John Innis is looking forward to being the first broadcaster on United Methodist radio in this war-torn country because he has good news to share.

    • African communicators meet, share ideas for future

    • Most United Methodist communicators in Africa work without access to a working landline phone, Internet, transportation and, in some cases, reliable electricity.

CCCI: Archived News Stories