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Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds

by Kristine Pearson | Dec 6, 2015 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, Energy poverty, Justice, Zambia

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...

An Unlikely Friendship: Remembering Feroza Adam – Activist and Treasured Friend

by Kristine Pearson | Aug 8, 2015 | By Kristine Pearson, Friendship, Gender, South Africa

Kristine Pearson shares a deeply personal story of her friendship with South African women’s leader and ANC activist, Feroza Adam

The Joy of Watching Radio Learners – For the First Time

by Kristine Pearson | Feb 20, 2014 | Education, Lifeplayer MP3, Radio school, Zambia

Eighty-four Grade 1 students in blue and white uniforms, sat scrunched close together on hard wooden bench-desks at New Mandevu school in Lusaka. Given the large number of children attending the...

Similar Issues for Urban and Rural Schools in Zambia

by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | Education, Intern perspectives, Zambia

This past weekend I had a chance to visit Kawaza Primary School in Mwufe, a ten-hour multiple bus ride from Lusaka in the Eastern Province. This allowed me to contrast the energy problems...

The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones

by admin | Oct 4, 2013 | African progress, Intern perspectives, Zambia

The World Bank estimates that there are 62 cell phones for every 100 people in Zambia. This week as I interviewed students, their families and the community school teachers of Luba Community School for my research project.

Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds

An Unlikely Friendship: Remembering Feroza Adam – Activist and Treasured Friend

The Joy of Watching Radio Learners – For the First Time

Similar Issues for Urban and Rural Schools in Zambia

The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones

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