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Two Action Research Partners
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 18:17

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New Potential Partner in Nepal
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Literacy Bridge Finds New Use for Talking Book
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 20:34

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Matt York Speaks via MP3 at Internews' Asia Managers' Meeting
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 20:25

Internews is an international media development organization located in Northern California. Its mission is to empower local media around the world so that people can get information they need and...

Submitted by bdeluca on Mon, 2011-02-28 19:52
Project Name (Full name): 
Lifelines for Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Organization: 
MaAfrika Tikkun
Category: 
NGOs using radios
Country: 
South Africa
Project Dates: 
2004
Subject: 

MaAfrika Tikkun, a South African NGO working primarily with orphans and other vulnerable children and home-based caregivers, partnered with the Lifeline Energy to provide 300 Lifeline radios to orphans and vulnerable children in the Gauteng and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. These children live in peri-urban shack settlements and are faced with daily hardships including poverty, disease, substance abuse, domestic violence and poor infrastructure.

Target Audience: 

Orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa

Links to Content: 

http://www.lifelineenergy.org/project_southafrica_OVC.html

Technology Solution: 

The Lifeplayer is the first MP3-enabled multi-band radio designed and engineered for the humanitarian sector. This game-changing tool combines radio, media player, cellular and Internet content as never before possible. The Lifeplayer is powered by a solar panel and a fail-safe winding mechanism and has outstanding speaker quality enabling 60 listeners to hear it clearly. It can deliver educational or informational content anytime, anywhere to large groups.

Results: 

For many orphans and vulnerable children, with the violence that currently exists in townships in South Africa, the Lifeline radio provides them with factual information, enabling them to make informed decisions. Vulnerable children in South Africa are starved for information and rely on the voice in the radio to share with them the daily happenings around them.