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With COVID19 disrupting schooling for billions of students across the globe, education ministries and NGOs have been scrambling to respond with alternative learning measures. Sadly, tens of millions of children will not be reached – because of lack of access to the internet and other resources, including a power supply. In marking World Radio Day -annually observed on 13 February, we reflected on how radio education has gained renewed importance as an effective reliable and highly personal medium for fueling learning. For more on this, Zikhona Miso spoke to Kristine Pearson of Lifeline Energy, an organisation that designs solar and wind up media players and radios for classroom and group listening.