Rwanda Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project_category/rwanda/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:57:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Lifeline-Energy-Logo-512-px-32x32.png Rwanda Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project_category/rwanda/ 32 32 Project Muraho – Radios for Child-Headed Households https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/project-muraho-radios-child-headed-households/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/project-muraho-radios-child-headed-households/#respond Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:25:43 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=6617 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

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/project-muraho-radios-child-headed-households/feed/ 0 Nkundabana – Trusted Adults Helping Orphans in Rwanda https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/nkundabana-trusted-adults-helping-orphans-rwanda/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/nkundabana-trusted-adults-helping-orphans-rwanda/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:47:33 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=8432 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.

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/nkundabana-trusted-adults-helping-orphans-rwanda/feed/ 0 The Weza Generator https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/the-weza-generator/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/the-weza-generator/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 12:29:50 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=6621 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

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/the-weza-generator/feed/ 0 Supporting Pyrethrum Farmers https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/supporting-pyrethrum-farmers/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/supporting-pyrethrum-farmers/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 12:27:50 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=6619 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.

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/supporting-pyrethrum-farmers/feed/ 0 Improving Health Services in Rural Rwanda https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/improving-health-services/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/improving-health-services/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 12:23:51 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=6615 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. .

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/improving-health-services/feed/ 0 Creating Coffee Lifeline Livelihoods https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/coffee-lifeline-livelihoods-rwanda/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/project/coffee-lifeline-livelihoods-rwanda/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 12:22:42 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?post_type=project&p=6613 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

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