sub-Saharan Africa Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tag/sub-saharan-africa/ Educating | Informing | Illuminating Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:35:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.lifelineenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-Lifeline-Energy-Logo-512-px-32x32.png sub-Saharan Africa Archives | Lifeline Energy https://www.lifelineenergy.org/tag/sub-saharan-africa/ 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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]]> 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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]]> Water is Life. But What Kind of Life? https://www.lifelineenergy.org/water-life-african-women-drought/ Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:00:27 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=6266 The post Water is Life. But What Kind of Life? appeared first on Lifeline Energy.

]]> Charcoal Children: Danger in Lusaka’s Compounds https://www.lifelineenergy.org/charcoal-children-lusaka-compound/ Sun, 06 Dec 2015 13:17:01 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4183 When I returned to my Lusaka hotel room I looked like I had been dipped […]

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]]> Kerosene – A Burning Issue in Women’s Rights, Human Rights https://www.lifelineenergy.org/kerosene-burning-issue-human-rights-womens/ https://www.lifelineenergy.org/kerosene-burning-issue-human-rights-womens/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:00:02 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/blog/?p=1451 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.

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]]> https://www.lifelineenergy.org/kerosene-burning-issue-human-rights-womens/feed/ 2 Watch Our Solar MP3 Player in Ethiopia https://www.lifelineenergy.org/new-video-of-our-lifeplayer-in-ethiopia/ Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:02:28 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=3463 An estimated 50,000 school children in Ethiopia now have the opportunity to learn English thanks […]

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]]> Great Expectations for Zambian Internship https://www.lifelineenergy.org/great-expectations-in-nairobi/ Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:05:48 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=4052 Great Expectations | By Kathleen Buchholz, in Nairobi. I arrived in Nairobi late Sunday night during the horrific terrorist attacks at the Westgate Shopping Centre. This wasn’t how I expected my arrival in Nairobi to be.

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]]> Lifeline Energy – SCU Summer 2013 Interns in Zambia https://www.lifelineenergy.org/lifeline-energy-scu-summer-2013-interns-in-zambia/ Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:24:14 +0000 http://lifelineenergy.org/?p=3640 A summary of recent activities by our Santa Clara University summer interns in Zambia.

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