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Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa

by Kristine Pearson | Mar 13, 2019 | Africa, African progress, By Kristine Pearson, Working in Africa

A few years ago while photographing Speckled Mousebirds of my hotel in Addis Ababa, I fell and sprained my ankle. No doubt aided by the altitude, it was swollen and sore, but I didn’t think it...

Our Best Tips and Ideas for Work Travel in Africa

by Kristine Pearson | Jan 25, 2019 | Africa, By Kristine Pearson, Working in Africa

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 Kristine Pearson | Aug 18, 2018 | By Kristine Pearson, Education, Kenya, Lifeplayer MP3, Power of radio, Radio school, Refugees, Tom Hanks Day

Kristine Pearson (Lifeline Energy) and Kevin Turk (International Tom Hanks Day) visited Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya in July 2018. A Primary School in Kakuma Refugee Camp It’s one thing to hear about...

Leaving Their Past Behind – My Work With Refugees

by Kristine Pearson | Jun 20, 2018 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, 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 Kristine Pearson | 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 Kristine Pearson | 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...