Help for teachers in overcrowded classrooms
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
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.
Lifeplayer in a Cape Town Township School
by Deborah Torrington Imbasa Primary, a government school, lies at the heart of the high density township of Old Crossroads. It’s just 20 minutes from the skyscrapers of Cape Town’s city...
Our Lifeplayer and Sustania: “100 Most Innovative Solutions”
We’re thrilled! Lifeline Energy and our solar and wind-up Lifeplayer MP3 – the world’s first media player, radio and recorder for humanitarian use – appear in this year’s annual...
Lifeplayer Debuts in Bulenga, Uganda
by Sarah Baird. Seven miles from the center of Kampala, down a busy highway clogged with the hum of motorbike taxis and vans is the village of Bulenga. It’s a 45- minute journey through a...
Watch Our Solar MP3 Player in Ethiopia
An estimated 50,000 school children in Ethiopia now have the opportunity to learn English thanks to the British Council and Lifeline Energy. Watch this short video shot in a Merawi primary school in...
