Sengerema’s Rural Community Telecentre
Sengerema, a rural district in northwestern Tanzania, is about an hour’s drive from Lake Victoria. In 2007, a new telecentre which included a radio station
Weza Pioneers
Working with the Visionary Skills Training Centre in Mansa and with a grant from a Swiss foundation, we were able to provide 30 Weza generators and accessories as well as ten wind-up solar-powered lanterns for women’s groups in Mansa.
HIV/AIDS Epidemic
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia resulted in extended families and communities struggling to support the tens of thousands of orphans created by HIV/AIDS. Education Development Center and the…
Basic Education Access
Across Zambia, tens of thousands of children lost one or both of their parents to HIV/AIDS or other illnesses. CARE’s SCOPE-OVC programme (Strengthening Community Partnerships for the Empowerment of Orphans and Vulnerable Children) works through community schools to help orphans and vulnerable children deal with the loss and grief they are experiencing.
The Weza Generator
In 2006, we received a grant from the World Bank Development Marketplace to test pilot a foot-powered generator use to generate income for poor communities
Supporting Pyrethrum Farmers
In 2012 Lifeline Energy partnered with US NGO, Coffee Lifeline, in a project funded by SC Johnson to distribute 225 Lifeplayer MP3s to farming communities in northern Rwanda.
Improving Health Services in Rural Rwanda
In 2006, Rwanda’s population of nearly 10 million made it the most densely concentrated in Africa. Maternal mortality rates are among the world’s highest. .
Creating Coffee Lifeline Livelihoods
Prior to the 1994 genocide, coffee was the primary cash crop of Rwanda. After the war, the coffee sector was devastated and struggled to recover. Farmers and aid agencies have worked hard to revitalise Rwanda’s place in the global specialty coffee market
Community Participation For Action
USAID in partnership with the government of Nigeria launched the Community Participation for Action in the Social Sectors project, known as COMPASS in 2005.
Animas Sutura – Sexual and Reproductive Health
Niger is one of the world’s poorest countries with a high birth rate and some of the continent’s lowest health indicators. An innovative health programme
Guns for Radios and Radios for Peace in Niger
A ground-breaking initiative in Niger called Guns-for-Radios, distributed 12,500 solar and wind-up radios in exchange for illicit small arms. Also called Radios-for-Peace or
Interactive Radio Instruction
With overcrowded classrooms, rote learning techniques and low pass rates, the quality of education in primary schools across Malawi is a cause for concern. Malawi has some of the largest class sizes on all of Africa.
Somali Women’s Learning Project
Life in Garissa district in arid eastern Kenya is harsh, particularly for women. Nearly 200,000 residents of the district are refugees from neighbouring
Lights For Maasai Women
In response to the pressing need to reduce kerosene (paraffin) use by poor women in Kenya, ‘Lighting the Way to Leadership’ launched to pitched excitement in the Maasai heartland of Narok.
Kenya Radio Communications Initiative
Between 2007 and 2009, we distributed 10,000 of our solar and wind-up Lifeline radios to a variety of communications and learning initiatives across Kenya.
Educating in Coastal Kilifi District
Kilifi sits on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast and has some of the country’s best beaches. However, it remains one of Kenya’s poorest districts. In terms of education
Radios to the Health Centre Nurses
In 2009 health centre nurses from across the small, mountainous kingdom of Lesotho gathered in a local medical clinic at the foot of the Thaba Busio Hill to receive our solar and wind-up radios.
Microfinance Opportunities in Burundi
Burundi Like many war-torn countries, women in Burundi remain the most vulnerable. After 13 years of civil war, women have been ostracised from the country’s financial community and occupy a mere...
Prime and Polaris Radios Supporting Survivors of Ebola
Our Prime and Polaris radios supported several educational initiatives in Sierra Leone following the devastating Ebola outbreak that swept through the country.
Lifeplayers for Primary School Education in World’s Newest Country
After emerging from decades of civil conflict, the education sector had to be rebuilt from scratch. Our Lifeplayer MP3 played a role in training teachers and educating primary school pupils.