Zambia Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/zambia/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Wed, 04 Nov 2020 10:26:35 +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 Zambia Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/category/zambia/ 32 32 Why “Radio is You” for Women Farmers in Zambia https://www.lifelineenergy.org/why-radio-is-you-for-women-farmers-in-zambia/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 13:26:42 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13086 Radio is an ideal instrument to use for disseminating information to farmers in Zambia. Zambian farmers trust Information from the radio more than other means of information delivery.

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]]> Why I Keep Giving to Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-giving-lifeline-energy/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 10:34:20 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=7578 If you told me on April Fool’s Day 2004 that a simple joke would result in me traveling to Zambia in Southern Africa, I would have said, “The joke’s on you pal”. But sometimes, life takes you down unexpected paths.

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]]> Voice of an Expert: Prime Radios and Sustainable Farming https://www.lifelineenergy.org/prime-radios-sustainable-farming-zambia/ Sun, 03 Jul 2016 11:24:25 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5590 During the rainy season, most parts of Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia cannot be reached by government extension worker. There are too many streams between the villages and Nsefu where he lives. These streams overflow the low bridges and the water is infested with crocodiles.

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]]> Why I Give to Lifeline Energy #WRD https://www.lifelineenergy.org/why-im-supporting-tom-hanks-day-on-april-2/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:16:32 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5605 When my mother died in 2006, she left me some money ̶ not a life-changing amount, but enough to think about. If you have enough money to stay afloat, I find the most fun you can have with money is throwing it at things that matter

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]]> Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds https://www.lifelineenergy.org/charcoal-children-lusaka-compound/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:17:01 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4183 When I returned to my Lusaka hotel room I looked like I had been dipped […]

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]]> When Hope Means a Radio School https://www.lifelineenergy.org/hope-means-radio-school/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:12:27 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5512 When you peer into a Grade 2 classroom, you expect to see little children sitting […]

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]]> A Teacher who Provides more than Just an Education https://www.lifelineenergy.org/a-teacher-who-provides-more-than-just-an-educuation/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:49:33 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4567 The second teacher we’re profiling in our #teachertuesday series is our old friend, Mwenya Mvula. […]

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]]> The Joy of Watching Radio Learners – For the First Time https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-joy-of-watching-radio-learners-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:41:06 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4527 Eighty-four Grade 1 students in blue and white uniforms, sat scrunched close together on hard […]

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]]> The Difference a Little Bit of Energy Makes https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-difference-a-little-bit-of-energy-makes/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:35:56 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4378 For those without electricity, buying candles is a daily challenge. The typical family burns through two candles a day, with each candle lasting only two hours and lighting less than half of a small room.

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]]> Similar Issues for Urban and Rural Schools in Zambia https://www.lifelineenergy.org/a-rural-urban-divide-nope/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:30:50 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4162 This past weekend I had a chance to visit Kawaza Primary School in Mwufe, a […]

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