By Kristine Pearson Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/by-kristine-pearson/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Lifeline-Energy-Logo-512-px-32x32.png By Kristine Pearson Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/by-kristine-pearson/ 32 32 Patience, Feathers and Founders – What Birdwatching Taught Me About Entrepreneurship https://www.lifelineenergy.org/what-birdwatching-taught-me-about-entrepreneurship/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/what-birdwatching-taught-me-about-entrepreneurship/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2025 07:22:52 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13810 Photographing birds has taught me that success comes from patience, observation, focus, adaptability, appreciation of diversity, and a keen awareness of ecosystems.

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/what-birdwatching-taught-me-about-entrepreneurship/feed/ 0 From radio school student to tech pioneer https://www.lifelineenergy.org/from-radio-school-student-to-tech-pioneer/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:39:37 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13729 Cephas never forgot his humble beginnings, learning to read and write under the shade of a fig tree, with the wind-up radio as his daily companion and guide.

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]]> Silver Threads: Celebrating a 25-Year Shared Legacy with Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/silver-threads-celebrating-a-25-year-shared-legacy-with-lifeline-energy/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:12:06 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13686 2024 heralds two intertwined silver anniversaries: my 25 remarkable years of heading Lifeline Energy and two and a half extraordinary decades for Lifeline Energy.

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]]> The Esila initiative expands in Kenya https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-esila-initiative-expands-in-kenya/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:36:45 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13579 Recognising the challenges imposed by COVID-19 lockdowns, we extended our support to young boys who had to leave school to attend to livestock.

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]]> The 9 biggest, positive changes I’ve seen in development in Africa in 25 years https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-9-biggest-positive-changes-ive-seen-in-development-in-africa-in-25-years/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:33:26 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13483 “I never could have imagined that my four daughters would all be in school,” said Nonkuta, a 32-year-old Maasai mother of six.

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]]> 1 of 84 million: Sifa’s life of despair and displacement, resilience, courage and hope https://www.lifelineenergy.org/1-of-84-million-sifas-life-of-despair-and-displacement-resilience-courage-and-hope/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:03:04 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13422 I met an extraordinary woman in the maily Congolese Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda whose story has stayed with me ever since.

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]]> The boy who adopted me https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-boy-who-adopted-me/ Thu, 13 May 2021 09:48:01 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13326 Like so many children in Rwanda at that time, this sweet adolescent boy was the head-of-his-household and responsible for raising his siblings on his own.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day Eslia – For Girls Campaign https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-eslia-for-girls-campaign/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:19:40 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13255 Having daily access to school lessons can make the difference between a girl passing, failing or being kept back a grade. It’s the difference between a future with options and choices and a future with few.

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]]> Tuning into Radio-Based Education Beyond COVID-19 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tuning-into-radio-based-education-in-the-age-of-covid-19/ Wed, 13 May 2020 20:16:12 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=12556 With COVID-19 disrupting education for billions of students across the globe, radio education has renewed importance as an effective, reliable and highly personal medium for fuelling learning.

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]]> Proud Founding Member of Catalyst 2030 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/proud-founding-member-of-catalyst-2030/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:27:52 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=12253 The post Proud Founding Member of Catalyst 2030 appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

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