... so much more than really cool
technology
In a tin-shack
classroom in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa,
a group of kids are crowding around the
radio for an English lesson. Here electricity
is a luxury, not a utility, and few families can afford batteries.
And few teachers are fluent in English. So War Child, a British aid
agency, purchased enough Freeplay radios to help 150,000
South African children learn English via a daily broadcast
lesson.
In 2002 The Freeplay Foundation
donated 12,445 self-powered Freeplay radios
to
the government of Niger, the world's second-poorest
country. The Radios for the Consolidation
for Peace (RCP) project is an important
arms control programme aimed at encouraging
poor communities in Niger to exchange
illicit guns for a Freeplay radio.
Your purchase makes you a part of a superb
venture that matches innovative technology
with urgent development goals.
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