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Speak Up in South Sudan – AET’s Case for Lifeplayers

by kristine | Oct 6, 2017 | African progress, Education, Power of radio, Radio school

By Jonathan Coxall Africa Educational Trust (AET) is partnering with Lifeline Energy to deliver Speak Up, a radio-based English language course for youth and adults in 130 rural communities in South...

Lifeplayers Come to Life in South African Schools

by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Children, Education, Power of radio, Radio school, South Africa

“I am truly happy to have this Lifeplayer to help me teach. While one class is listening to their lessons, I can be with learners in another class,” a teacher at a multi-grade farm school in South...

South Africa’s Newest Teacher is Called the “Blue Lady”

by Deborah Torrington | Sep 18, 2014 | Education, Radio school, South Africa

Beeld, one of South Africa’s daily Afrikaans newspapers, recently ran a feature on the introduction of our MP3 Lifeplayers into South African classrooms. The country’s Department of Basic...

A Teacher who Provides more than Just an Education

by admin | Mar 4, 2014 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, Education, Lifeplayer MP3, Radio school, Zambia

The second teacher we’re profiling in our #teachertuesday series is our old friend, Mwenya Mvula. In 2001, Mr Mvula served as a volunteer ‘mentor’ in Zambia’s Learning at Taonga Market primary radio...

The Joy of Watching Radio Learners – For the First Time

by admin | Feb 20, 2014 | Education, Lifeplayer MP3, Radio school, Zambia

Eighty-four Grade 1 students in blue and white uniforms, sat scrunched close together on hard wooden bench-desks at New Mandevu school in Lusaka. Given the large number of children attending the...

Radio Without Broadcasting: Hope for the Unschooled

by admin | Aug 18, 2013 | Education, Partner blog, Radio school, Zambia

By Dr. Emile McAnany, Senior Research Advisor for the Center for Science Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. Zambia is one of the poorer countries in Africa, but it is a country with...