Esila | For Girls
Girls in Kenya receive Fenix radio-lights and menstrual hygiene products as part of the Esila (‘for girls’) campaign. Our partners are the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and the Bethel Network.
Sierra Leone Tackling Violence Against Girls
Lifeline Energy is delighted that Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is drawing attention to the situation of girls suffering sexual abuse and violence in Sierra Leone.
Tawanga | Knowledge that Builds
Maasai women in Kenya need to diversify and increase their earning potential. Tawang’a uses Lifeplayer MP3s to provide audio content to self-help groups.
Speaking-up in South Sudan
We’re delighted to be supporting the Africa Educational Trust (AET) which is using our Lifeplayer MP3s in their successful Speak Up radio education programme.
Project Muraho – Radios for Child-Headed Households
Over 14 years we placed 15,000 solar and wind-up radios with child-headed households in Rwanda reaching 200,000 listeners. Most were survivors of the genoci
A SoundStart for Preschool Children
Working with GROW Educare Centers, our Lifeplayers are providing interactive music-based learning opportunities for disadvantaged preschool children in Cape
Early Childhood Learning
Investment in early learning education has greater cost savings and payback than at any other time in life, benefiting poor and vulnerable children most.
Radio Schools for Child Labourers
In the 2000s, Tanzania embarked on an interactive radio instruction (IRI) initiative for primary school children engaged in the worst forms of child labour.
Her Voice: Knowledge Access for Pastoral Women in Kenya
Our solar Lifeplayer MP3s will provide knowledge access in northern Kenya’s pastoral communities where educational opportunities have been few, especially
Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition
Help educate Zambian mothers and save childrens’ lives. Preparing mothers in the first 1,000 days from conception with maternal nutrition and health information is crucial for a child’s growth and development.
Radio for Conservation Farming and Saving Wildlife
We’re working with Zambian partner, COMACO, to ensure farmers have access to information on conservation farming while saving wildlife and habitats.
Nkundabana – Trusted Adults Helping Orphans in Rwanda
In the mid-2000s, Lifeline Energy donated 700 solar and wind-up Lifeline radios to CARE Rwanda’s Nkundabana (Kinyarwanda for “I love children”) initiative.
Radios and Lights for Displaced Swazi Children
We worked with the Mpumalanga-based Thembalethu Home Based Care to provide displaced Swazi children with solar radios and lights.
The Role of Radio in Helping Rid Liberia of Ebola
Until 2013, Liberia had never seen Ebola. Most of Liberians knew nothing about the virus. In fact, information was initially so sketchy that many people didn’t believe it was real.
Learn English Audio Programme – LEAP
An estimated 50,000 school children in Ethiopia now have the opportunity to learn English thanks to the British Council (BC) and Lifeline Energy. A special emphasis has been placed on girls’ instruction and those who are visually impaired.
Vulnerable Children
MaAfrika Tikkun, a South African NGO working with orphans and other vulnerable children and home-based caregivers, partnered with Lifeline Energy
Radio Sesame Street – Takalani Sesame
The world’s first radio version of the popular US TV Sesame Street series first aired in South Africa as Takalani Sesame in 2004.
Youth Radio in Tanzania
This country has a young population with half under 25 years of age. Young people have the highest risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Radio was found to be the best
Supporting Youth Refugees with Radio Access
Burundi’s civil war lasted from 1994 to 2006. Nearly 500,000 people fled to Tanzania, becoming refugees in one of 12 camps along the border.
Haki Elumi and Rural Information Access
In 2007, to address the issue of rural information access, 8,000 of our solar and wind-up radios were distributed in rural and isolated communities across Tanzania by Haki Elimu