Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds
When I returned to my Lusaka hotel room I looked like I had been dipped in charcoal dust. Although it was an inconvenience, the grime could be scrubbed off. But what I found hard to ‘wash-off’ was...
When Hope Means a Radio School
When you peer into a Grade 2 classroom, you expect to see little children sitting on tiny chairs at desks built for them. So it was slightly incongruous watching a six-foot 17-year old young man...
Shooting to Score, Not to Kill: International Woman’s Day Tribute
In Kenya’s remote Marsabit district near the Ethiopia border, girls face female genital mutilation (FGM), early or forced marriage, and lack access to education and health services. A sparsely...
Kerosene – A Burning Issue in Women’s Rights, Human Rights
Like many girls I’ve met in Africa, Rose’s dream is to become a teacher. The shy grade 6 student revises her homework at a rickety table in a tin shack in a Nairobi slum.
Watch Our Solar MP3 Player in Ethiopia
An estimated 50,000 school children in Ethiopia now have the opportunity to learn English thanks to the British Council and Lifeline Energy. Watch this short video shot in a Merawi primary school in...