More than two months after Tropical Cyclone Evan ripped through Fiji, residents in the western half of the island chain nation remain cut off from Christian radio programming.
The area left with silent radio receivers is largely composed of immigrants who are 97 percent Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. Many arrived in Fiji as indentured servants. Decades of former British rule ending in 1970 and four military coups in the last 20 years have left these minorities in poverty, spiritual darkness and racial segregation.
The area left with silent radio receivers is largely composed of immigrants who are 97 percent Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. Many arrived in Fiji as indentured servants. Decades of former British rule ending in 1970 and four military coups in the last 20 years have left these minorities in poverty, spiritual darkness and racial segregation.
Photo: High winds from Cyclone Evan buffeted the partner FM repeater station in Sigatoka, Fiji, knocking it off the air in mid-December. More than 300,000 people in western Fiji remain without Christian broadcasts