ELWA

ELWA is the callsign of a radio station opened by Sudan Interior Mission in Monrovia, Liberia, in January 1954.

In the last 17 years the radio station has twice been destroyed by civil war - first in 1990 and again in 1996. At times the campus of this ministry was a refuge for those fleeing the fighting - atothers, it was the battleground for the oposing factions.

ELWA most recently came back on the air in 1997 with a small transmitter on 94.5 FM.
In the year 2000, HCJB Global Voice provided the station with a one kilowatt shortwave transmitter transmitting on 4760 kHz in the 60 metre band, once again enabling it to cover the entire region.

ELWA broadcasts in 10 languages and plans to add more languages as resources become available.

The station is now operated by the ELWA Ministries Association (or EMA), an interdenominational Christian organization that comprises of ELWA Radio, ELWA Hospital, ELWA Services, and ELWA Academy.

Web Links

• elwaministries.org