OLD PROBLEMS REQUIRE

A NEW WAY OF THINKING

Authoring Solutions to the World's Most Pressing Challenges

OLD PROBLEMS REQUIRE

A NEW WAY OF THINKING

Authoring Solutions to the World's Most Pressing Challenges

PROMOTING LASTING IMPACT

Lifeline meets the growing demand for solutions to our greatest environmental, economic, and social challenges by focusing resources to where they can be leveraged most effectively. We recognize the need for a more powerful systems approach to engage all stakeholders and accelerate our rate of overcoming critical barriers to lasting impact.

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Refugees should not have to merely survive, they should be allowed to live.

Dan Wolf

Founder and President

There’s nothing more powerful than a system-changing idea in the hands of a team of top notch social entrepreneurs, those who are stewards and authors of their own lives and are therefore a model for others to do the same.

Romanus Berg

Director of Strategy & Organization Development

TRANSFORMATION STORIES

We believe all people have the power, but many lack the resources, to maximize their full potential as individuals and in communities. Two of these key resources that over 3 billion people worldwide still struggle to access are 1) safe drinking water and 2) efficient fuels and technologies for cooking.

Safe, reliable water access

Since 2006, Lifeline has drilled and repaired over 370 water wells that have benefitted over 250,000 individuals in rural Uganda through the ClearWater Initiative, founded by the late U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Sklaver. We are enabling clean water access to those in need and empowering communities to drive their own economic growth.

Outputs:

370+ water wells drilled and repaired, benefitting more than 250,000 individuals
27,000 community members in rural Uganda covered by EverFlow water point maintenance and repair service
13,000+ rural households and 25,000+ students trained to use improved hygiene practices

Community impacts:

99.6% functionality at water points covered by EverFlow -> this equates to over 363 days of reliable water access per year
Over 9 million hours saved in time spent collecting water

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Efficient energy

With 90% of sub-Saharan African cooking over an open fire, the consequences on health, livelihood and to the environment are devastating. Lifeline’s innovative fuel-efficient cookstove program in Uganda is tackling the problem of rising wood and charcoal costs while decreasing the amount of biomass used for cooking. But we don’t stop there. We’re also helping communities leverage the fuel and cost savings they gain to increase their buying power to afford more goods and improve quality of life.

Outputs:

380,000+ efficient cookstoves sold/distributed across East Africa and the Caribbean
One of the largest stove manufacturing centers in Uganda: producing 50,000 stoves per year and employing 150+ community members
42% average fuel savings for household stoves, 60% average fuel savings for institutional stoves

Community impacts:

Over 2 million lives impacted
Over 1 million tons of CO2 offset through the use of fuel-saving stoves
10% increase in disposable income for 96,000 urban and peri-urban families in Uganda
20% increase in disposable income for 50,000 urban and peri-urban families in Haiti

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JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF CHANGE LEADERS

Social entrepreneurs are innovators who are called to use their creative thinking and problem-solving skills to effect lasting social change. We seek new avenues to transform individuals and communities worldwide for the betterment of us all.

Let’s discuss how you can impact the world’s most pressing challenges.