By Deborah Torrington | Communications Co-ordinator
Lifeline Energy's CEO, Kristine Pearson, recently spent time in Zambia conducting Lifeplayer training sessions for our "1000 Days of Motherhood" project. "After all these years, I still enjoy training. There is nothing that I enjoy more workwise that to spend time with African women. I've learned so much from them. They teach me more than I teach them!”
One of the listening group leaders, Catherine, had this to say about the Lifeplayer: “This is a wonderful device. It carries so much information that we can learn and also teach others.” Catherine was one of the first women in the Western Province to receive a Lifeplayer funded through the generosity of GlobalGiving.
Instead of telling the women to form groups and listen to the nutritional programmes we thought would benefit them, the local ministry of health in conjunction with the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) asked rural community leaders if they wanted to be part of the project. The response was a resounding ‘yes’. Forty women leaders met at the district health office to discuss the nutritional programmes and to be trained on the Lifeplayer. Their enthusiasm was palpable.
On average, each group is between 15-20 mothers and they decide on a name and when and where to meet. One group calls itself the Blessing Group, another Twikatani or Working Together, and another Chikonki, meaning love in Bemba.
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