When Lifeline launched its fuel-efficient cookstove program in the Lira region of Uganda in 2008, we aimed to tackle the growing problem of rising wood and charcoal costs and decrease the amount of bi...

Through a unique social enterprise model, Lifeline is helping communities leverage fuel and cost savings gained by using efficient energy technologies to increase their buying power to afford more goo...

Institutional stoves are revolutionizing the way schools in Uganda deliver meals to students – and helping preserve the environment in the process. Mr....

Georgette is an elderly single mother and caretaker of seven children in her household, many of whom are her own grandchildren orphaned while fleeing from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda. A...

In March 2020 Lifeline relaunched its partnership with charity: water to continue improving access to safe, clean drinking water sources in the Apac and Kwania Districts of Northern Uganda....

Lifeline has spent decades dedicated to addressing the challenge of access to clean and safe water in poverty-stricken communities around the world. By 2050, there will be some 900+ million people liv...

Social enterprise workers have made tremendous strides in improving cookstoves to address their health and environmental impact, but these technical advancements often come at the cost of practical co...

Lifeline’s partnership with Stanford University — a leader in environmental research and innovation — is impacting safe water supplies in Uganda’s rural Apac District through its EverFlow prog...

Did you know 30-50% of rural water projects in sub-Saharan Africa fail within 2-5 years? That means donors are repeatedly asked to construct and rehabilitate water points, creating an unsustainable cy...