The low-down on AidPods
The AidPod is at the heart of the ColaLife model. It is a wedge-shaped container that fits between the… [more]
ColaLife research Northern Uganda
Click image to download the report (PDF, 684KB) I've reported before on the work of a group of young… [more]
Supporters
The idea behind the ColaLife campaign is more than 20 years old but got nowhere until there was a mechanism… [more]
Royal Society of Medicine presentation now live
For those of you who were unable to make the ColaLife presentation at the Royal Society of Medicine last… [more]
ColaLife wins Global Health Innovation Award
ColaLife is one of three winners of the Boehringer Ingelheim/Ashoka Changemakers 'Making More Health' awards. We were chosen from more than 470 entries from 82 countries.Thanks to all those who campaigned and voted.
Building unlikely alliances to save children's lives
We are working to get Coca-Cola to open up their distribution channels in developing countries to carry 'social products', such as oral rehydration salts to save children's lives. You can buy a Coca-Cola virtually anywhere but one in five children die before their fifth birthday. This mortality rate has not changed significantly over the last three decades which indicates that we need to look for new options like ColaLife.ColaLife is independent and run by volunteers [more]
Child survival – why innovation is needed
In 1990 the eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) were published and are the blueprint for development agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest. MDG#4 relates to child mortality and the target is: TARGET Reduce by [...]
At last! A peek at the ColaLife Trial Plan
Many of our regular readers will be itching to see the culmination of our work over the last 3 years: our plan for the first field trial of the ColaLife concept – the snappily named ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (or COTZ, when you are trying to fit it into a funder’s 600 character project description!). [...]
Bob Geldof on ColaLife, condoms and the Pope (take 2)
Another take on the Bob Geldof ColaLife conversation, this time from Lloyd Davis of perfect path. Lloyd is the inspiration behind The Tuttle Club and was a fellow G20 Voice Blogger. I like this take as it shows Nick filming the conversation, the hand shake and tap on the shoulder! You can see Lloyd’s original [...]
ColaLife makes it into the Buckminster Fuller ideas bank
ColaLife has made it into the prestigious Buckminster Fuller Challenge Idea Index which was published yesterday (14/2/11). Our entry is here. This is the second year running that we have been featured and last year we made in to the semi-finals. The email informing us of this development said: We admire your commitment and truly [...]
The ColaLife Pilot Business Model explained
This video clip explains the business model on which we are basing the ColaLife pilot. This is still subject to refinement but this is where we stand at the moment. Jane and I are off to the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town on Sunday (more on that tomorrow) and we will be [...]
