Lifeline Energy is a non-profit social enterprise that provides sustainable information and education access to vulnerable populations. We achieve this by designing, manufacturing and distributing solar and wind-up media players and radios for classroom and group listening. Since 1999, we have distributed more than 500,000 power independent radios to provide on-demand access to information and education, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the years we have received numerous awards including the Tech Museum of Innovation Award, a World Bank Development Marketplace Award and an Index: Design to Improve Life Award. In addition, our founder and CEO Kristine Pearson was named one of TIME magazi... read more Lifeline Energy is a non-profit social enterprise that provides sustainable information and education access to vulnerable populations. We achieve this by designing, manufacturing and distributing solar and wind-up media players and radios for classroom and group listening. Since 1999, we have distributed more than 500,000 power independent radios to provide on-demand access to information and education, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the years we have received numerous awards including the Tech Museum of Innovation Award, a World Bank Development Marketplace Award and an Index: Design to Improve Life Award. In addition, our founder and CEO Kristine Pearson was named one of TIME magazine's Heroes of the Environment for 2007 and received the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award in 2005.
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By Kristine Pearson | Project Leader
The weekly Farm Radio broadcasts in Eastern Province, Zambia are still going strong. They're perhaps even more important now in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic although listening in groups is... Read the full report ›By Kristine Pearson | CEO
Farm Talk continues broadcasting weekly in Zambia. The Eastern Province has low Covid-19 prevalence and farming activities are continuing largely as per normal and it’s the rainy... Read the full report ›By Kristine Pearson | CEO
Dear friends, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1000 Days of Motherhood initiative has been temporarily placed on hold. Our partners at Zambia's National Food and... Read the full report ›