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.
#RadioSavesLives: Radio When Disaster Strikes
Survivors of humanitarian crises are forced to leave their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs. That’s true for Syrians escaping conflict, for families fleeing to a shelter...
Radio – My Most Trusted Friend
When I set-up Lifeline Energy (or Freeplay Foundation as it was known then) in January 1999 I was tasked with finding ways to get the first model hand-crank radios to rural Africans who didn’t...
From Writing To A Hands-On Approach
By Stephanie Schmitt, intern at Lifeline Energy My background is in journalism, mainly old-fashioned print and magazines, and for the last two years I’ve been working online. In my journalism course...
Women and Girl Refugees in Dadaab Tune into Radio in Big Numbers
7:45 am – A convoy of 4×4 UNHCR vehicles, escorted by a Kenyan police patrol car, leaves the safe haven of the office and residential compound for all international aid agencies. Our vehicle,...
