By Kristine Pearson Archives

Our Best Tips and Ideas for Work Travel in Africa

by Karen Vollaire | Jan 25, 2019 | Africa, By Kristine Pearson, News

Even experienced globetrotters can learn new tips for travelling in Africa. Our well-travelled CEO and founder, Kristine Pearson offers up her advice. One of the Lifeline team thought that it would...

Teachers Can Now Have a “Second Voice”

by Karen Vollaire | Aug 18, 2018 | By Kristine Pearson, Education, Kenya, Lifeplayer MP3, Refugees

Kristine Pearson and Kevin Turk visited Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya in July 2018. A Primary School in Kakuma Refugee Camp It’s one thing to hear about classrooms with 200 students, but it’s another...

Leaving Their Past Behind – My Work With Refugees

by Karen Vollaire | Jun 20, 2018 | By Kristine Pearson, Education, Lifeplayer MP3, Power of radio, Refugees

Education provides a way to help to rebuild a refugee child’s life through normalising social interaction and gaining knowledge and skills. We believe our Lifeplayers have an important role to play in providing education and information when it’s needed most.

Water is Life. But What Kind of Life?

by le_admin | Jun 14, 2017 | By Kristine Pearson, Energy poverty, Justice, Kenya

You know the picture I’m talking about. You might have seen it in National Geographic. That one with the African woman serenely carrying a bucket of water on her head. Colourfully dressed; perfectly...

Courage and Conviction Should Not be Border Controlled

by le_admin | Mar 14, 2017 | By Kristine Pearson, Justice, Kenya

Fatu is afraid to come to America. It’s almost too hard to believe, knowing what I know of her life. She’s stood her ground in the face of young weapon-carrying warriors in Kenya. She has been...

A Cow Doesn’t Give Me Information: How Radio Played a Role for Children in Post-Genocide Rwanda

by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, Power of radio, Rwanda

When asked if he had to choose between his wind-up radio or his cow, he didn’t hesitate. Fordward, an 18-year-old Rwandan head of household said, “I shall choose my radio, because a cow...