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A Cow Doesn’t Give Me Information: How Radio Played a Role for Children in Post-Genocide Rwanda

by Kristine Pearson | Oct 4, 2016 | By Kristine Pearson, Children, Power of radio, Rwanda

By Kristine PearsonWhen asked if he had to choose between his wind-up radio or his cow, he didn’t hesitate. Fordward, an 18-year-old Rwandan head of household said, “I shall choose my radio,...

When Tuaregs Exchanged Guns for Radios

by Kristine Pearson | Apr 11, 2015 | By Kristine Pearson, Friendship, Gender, Power of radio

In January, extremist Tuareg rebels launched a rebellion in Northern Mali taking advantage of a coup in the capital of Bamako. Since then the rebels have declared independence for a region they call...

“I May be Blind, But this Radio Allows me to See Again.”

by Kristine Pearson | Feb 12, 2015 | By Kristine Pearson, Energy poverty, Gender, Kenya, Power of radio

Our First Meeting, Her First Radio I first met Senkeiyan two days after the attack at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. We were in the Great Rift Valley distributing Prime radios to rural classrooms....

Haile’s Story: What the Learn English Radio Project Means to Teachers?

by Guest Contributor | Feb 25, 2014 | African progress, Education, Lifeplayer MP3

By Tsion Issaya, Communications Manager, British Council Ethiopia. Meet 60 year old Haile Berhe. For more than half his life, he has worked as an English teacher. Born and raised in a small town in...

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...

A Cow Doesn’t Give Me Information: How Radio Played a Role for Children in Post-Genocide Rwanda

When Tuaregs Exchanged Guns for Radios

“I May be Blind, But this Radio Allows me to See Again.”

Haile’s Story: What the Learn English Radio Project Means to Teachers?

Similar Issues for Urban and Rural Schools in Zambia

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