Freeplay Foundation

Mission

The Freeplay Foundation is unlike any other nonprofit humanitarian organization in the world. Our sole mission is to provide radio information and education to the poorest of the poor via self-powered radios. Using patented wind-up technology and solar power, Freeplay Lifeline radios do not require batteries or electricity. We provide people with sustained access to vital, even life-saving radio broadcasts that address issues including education, health, disaster response, and peacemaking.

Programs

The Freeplay Foundation’s work cuts across most aid sectors, including education, health and HIV/AIDS, agriculture, democracy & governance, disaster relief, and the environment. Some sample projects from 2005 include: radio education for 52,000 child workers in Tanzania; distributing almost 8,000 more Lifeline radios to orphans in Rwanda, and providing 1,250 Lifeline radios to victims of the tsunami. We focus on children and women, the most vulnerable people in the world.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Radios to Support Tsunami Survivors in Indonesia	Radio Education for Out-of-School Zambian Children	Radio education for South African AIDs orphans	Radios to Educate Child Laborers in Tanzania
Radios for Grassroots Democracy Project in Kenya	Market Access via Radio for Rwandan Coffee Farmers	China Radio Information Project for the Blind

Personnel Overview

Midi Berry - Senior Development Consultant
Develops projects, fundraises and oversees Foundation research, monitoring and evaluation. Has led projects and advised aid agencies, governments, MNCs and grassroots organizations in six continents. Developed Global Giving Freeplay Foundation tsunami relief fundraising project for Indonesia

Stephen Hallett - China Country Director BBC World Service Trust
Stephen Hallett, seasoned radio broadcaster and long-standing consultant to the BBC World Service Trust, heads its In Touch with China initiative. Stephen is fluent in Mandarin and is himself partially sighted. The BBC World Service Trust operates mainly in Africa, SE Asia and Eastern Europe and has worked in 23 countries worldwide since becoming an NGO in 1999

Personnel Statistics

Kristine Pearson,
Executive Director
Founded in 1998
Employees: 10
Volunteers: 0