Kenya Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tag/kenya/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:35:42 +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 Kenya Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tag/kenya/ 32 32 The Esila initiative expands in Kenya https://www.lifelineenergy.org/the-esila-initiative-expands-in-kenya/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:36:45 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13579 Recognising the challenges imposed by COVID-19 lockdowns, we extended our support to young boys who had to leave school to attend to livestock.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day Eslia – For Girls Campaign https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-eslia-for-girls-campaign/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:19:40 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=13255 Having daily access to school lessons can make the difference between a girl passing, failing or being kept back a grade. It’s the difference between a future with options and choices and a future with few.

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]]> Tuning into Radio-Based Education Beyond COVID-19 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tuning-into-radio-based-education-in-the-age-of-covid-19/ Wed, 13 May 2020 20:16:12 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=12556 With COVID-19 disrupting education for billions of students across the globe, radio education has renewed importance as an effective, reliable and highly personal medium for fuelling learning.

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]]> Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa https://www.lifelineenergy.org/try-not-to-sprain-your-ankle-in-ethiopia-highlights-of-20-years-working-in-africa/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:12:54 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11391 The post Try not to sprain your ankle in Ethiopia – Highlights of 20 years working in Africa appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Our Best Tips and Ideas for Work Travel in Africa https://www.lifelineenergy.org/travel-tips-for-travelling-in-sub-saharan-africa/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:07:48 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11087 During my 20 year tenure at Lifeline Energy, I’ve travelled to 31 of Africa’s 54 countries. This has meant sleeping up to a third of any year on a mattress that I didn’t buy. And plenty of nights where that mattress wasn’t exactly a Sealy-Posturepedic. These include a house without windows or doors in the Sahara Desert...

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]]> Why Tom Hanks Day Co-founder Continues His Support https://www.lifelineenergy.org/why-tom-hanks-day-co-founder-continues-his-supports/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:40:15 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=11060 I never imagined a point in my life where I would have the ability to travel across the globe and speak with organizations affecting people’s lives at such a profound level. Yet, that’s exactly where I found myself this past July...

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]]> Teachers Can Now Have a “Second Voice” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/help-for-teachers-in-overcrowded-classrooms/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 04:12:02 +0000 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/?p=10364 It’s one thing to hear about classrooms with 200 students, but it’s another to visit one. While at Kakuma Refugee Camp we spent time in a Grade 3 classroom packed with 200 students. There wasn’t so much as a chair or brick for them to sit on. all of Kakuma’s 24 primary schools are overcrowded.

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]]> Tom Hanks Day 2018 Highlights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tom-hanks-day-2018-highlights/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:43:15 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=8997 The 15th annual International Tom Hanks Day was celebrated on the 07 April by more than 500 revellers. Everything was what it promised to be: loads of fun and fellowship, clips from Tom's movies, Tom Hanks chants, a Tom Hanks shop, a costume contest, Tom Hanks memorabilia raffle, a band called what else, The Hanksters

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]]> Shooting to Score, Not to Kill: International Woman’s Day Tribute https://www.lifelineenergy.org/shooting-to-score-not-to-kill-international-womens-day/ Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:54:54 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5257 In Kenya’s remote Marsabit district near the Ethiopia border, girls face female genital mutilation (FGM), […]

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]]> “I May be Blind, But this Radio Allows me to See Again.” https://www.lifelineenergy.org/maasai-blind-radio-see/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:45:29 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=5236 Our First Meeting, Her First Radio I first met Senkeiyan two days after the attack at […]

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