Kenya Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/kenya/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:47:59 +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 Kenya Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/kenya/ 32 32 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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]]> Tom Hanks Day 2021 Highlights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2021-highlights/ Thu, 13 May 2021 09:05:03 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13311 The 18th annual Tom Hanks Day might have been a virtual event, but it sure was fun!

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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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]]> Why Tom Hanks Day Co-founder Continues His Support https://www.lifelineenergy.org/why-tom-hanks-day-co-founder-continues-his-supports/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:40:15 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11060 I never imagined a point in my life where I would have the ability to travel across the globe and speak with organizations affecting people’s lives at such a profound level. Yet, that’s exactly where I found myself this past July...

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]]> Teachers Can Now Have a “Second Voice” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/help-for-teachers-in-overcrowded-classrooms/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 04:12:02 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=10364 It’s one thing to hear about classrooms with 200 students, but it’s another to visit one. While at Kakuma Refugee Camp we spent time in a Grade 3 classroom packed with 200 students. There wasn’t so much as a chair or brick for them to sit on. all of Kakuma’s 24 primary schools are overcrowded.

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]]> Water is Life. But What Kind of Life? https://www.lifelineenergy.org/water-life-african-women-drought/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:00:27 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=6266 The post Water is Life. But What Kind of Life? appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Courage and Conviction Should Not be Border Controlled https://www.lifelineenergy.org/courage-conviction-not-border-controlled/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:11:57 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=6252 The post Courage and Conviction Should Not be Border Controlled appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Shooting to Score, Not to Kill: International Woman’s Day Tribute https://www.lifelineenergy.org/shooting-to-score-not-to-kill-international-womens-day/ Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:54:54 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5257 In Kenya’s remote Marsabit district near the Ethiopia border, girls face female genital mutilation (FGM), […]

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]]> “I May be Blind, But this Radio Allows me to See Again.” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/maasai-blind-radio-see/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:45:29 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5236 Our First Meeting, Her First Radio I first met Senkeiyan two days after the attack at […]

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]]> Kerosene – A Burning Issue in Women’s Rights, Human Rights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/kerosene-burning-issue-human-rights-womens/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/kerosene-burning-issue-human-rights-womens/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:00:02 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/blog/?p=1451 Like many girls I’ve met in Africa, Rose’s dream is to become a teacher. The shy grade 6 student revises her homework at a rickety table in a tin shack in a Nairobi slum.

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