Water is Life. But What Kind of Life?
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...
#RadioSavesLives: #CommunicationIsAid
The theme for World Radio Day 2019 was dialogue, tolerance and peace. Dialogue and tolerance lead to peace – critical elements in any emergency where displacement occurs due to conflict or...
Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds
When I returned to my Lusaka hotel room I looked like I had been dipped in charcoal dust. Although it was an inconvenience, the grime could be scrubbed off. But what I found hard to ‘wash-off’ was...
“I May be Blind, But this Radio Allows me to See Again.”
Our First Meeting, Her First Radio I first met Senkeiyan two days after the attack at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. We were in the Great Rift Valley distributing Prime radios to rural classrooms....
Kerosene – A Burning Issue in Women’s Rights, Human Rights
By Kristine Pearson . – Published October 2011 This is a blong – a long blogLike many girls...
The Difference a Little Bit of Energy Makes
By Kathleen Buchholz in Lusaka “I don’t buy candles anymore; I use the light to study more than I did before.” This statement made by Wilbroad Banda, a teacher and student from the Garden compound...
