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 K Pearson | Project Manager
Radio remains an important tool for rural areas. People often think that everyone in Africa already has a smartphone. This is not true. The father or even the mother in a family might have a... Read the full report ›By Kristine Pearson | Project Lead
NAROK COUNTY, KENYA Disaster Strikes From March to May, torrential rains and flash floods wreaked havoc across Kenya, causing rivers to overflow and triggering landslides. Narok County, home to the... Read the full report ›By Agnes Torres | Project officer
The latest distribution of our Fenix solar and wind-up radios took place in Q4 2023. In collaboration with the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), Kenya's national broadcaster, reports from... Read the full report ›
