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This is the Freeplay Foundation homepage. The Foundation is committed to providing innovative and practical energy solutions to ensure sustained access to information via radio. The organization’s on-going search for new applications for Freeplay's patented wind-up and solar powered technology resulted in the creation of the unique Lifeline radio, for example. After extensive fieldwork, the Freeplay Foundation recognised the need for a radio built specifically for the humanitarian sector. The idea for the Lifeline radio was born - a robust radio that could be operated easily by adults and children alike, heard by groups of up to 40 and powered by either wind-up or solar-powered energy. Just 24 months after the concept paper for the Lifeline radio was written the first radios were distributed to Burundian youth living in refugee camps in Tanzania.
Freeplay Foundation
Freeplay Foundation
The United Kingdom, South Africa
NGO/CSO
Recognising a need for alternative energy sources amongst the world's poorest communities, the Freeplay Foundation was founded in 1998 by the Freeplay Energy Group (FEG) as an extension of the group's commitment to development and empowerment.
Development
Progressio and the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR)