PRESS

Here is the ColaLife Press Pack!

1 Contact
2 Images cleared for press use in connection with the ColaLife campaign
3 Latest press release
4 Coverage in the press
5 Coverage online

1Contact

The campaign leader, Simon Berry, can be contacted (at any time) on 07932 107109 or simon [at] colalife [dot] org. Simon’s ID on Skype is: sxberry.

2 Images

Permission has been given, by the owners of the images, to use these images in connection with the promotion of the ColaLife campaign. Attribution is required.


Colombo Manual distribution, Coca-Cola system	Dar es Salaam Manual distribution, Coca-Cola system.
Credit: Tielman Nieuwoudt	Credit: Tielman Nieuwoudt


Coca-Cola child	Coca-Cola distribution in Dakar
Credit: Grzegorz Komar	Credit: marie-ll


Phnom Penh Manual distribution, Coca-Cola system	Salvatore Gabola, Coca-Cola’s Global Head of Stakeholder Relations
Credit: Tielman Nieuwoudt	Credit: Simon Berry

Simon Berry	Simon Berry unveils ‘Mark II’ of the aidpod
Credit: Duncan Arrow	Credit: Café du Monde

Simon Berry
Credit: The Rugby Times

More photographs are available from the ColaLife Flickr Group. Please seek owners permission to use the photos in this Flickr Pool.

3 Latest press release

None released so far.

4 Coverage in the press

31/8/08 El Mercurio, Chile (Dar Es Salaam photo used)
1/10/08 Common Ground Magazine (mentioned in the Maverick 101 article) (No photo used)

5 Coverage online

Coverage of the campaign online has been extensive and most of it has been captured on delicious bookmarks.

The name ‘colalife’ is fairly unique and so a search for colalife on Google works well.

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- Coca Cola - Saving Lives! | ifood.tv
  A single man had a vision that led to the founding of Colalife 21 years ago and today Coca Cola is lending a hand to save the lives of millions in rural Africa. Simon Berry ‘s voice urging Coca Cola to save lives have at last moved Coca Cola to join hands with Colalife, and send medical aid to the destitute and poor throughout rural Africa though aid pods.
- ColaLife working to get “aidpod” with vitamin A and other “social products” in Coca-Cola crates
  ColaLife is an initiative to get Coca-Cola to open up its distribution channels to save lives, especially children’s lives, in developing countries. They have developed an “aidpod” which would carry “social products,” like rehydration salts and high dose vitamin A tablets, in the Coca-Cola crates that are distributed all over the world. Working wit […]
- SellAVenture
  SellAVenture [working title] will bring social ventures looking for start-up or growth capital together with like minded people keen to fund with small amounts of money. Using crowd-funding techniques and leveraging the power of social networking and the internet, a social enterprise can connect and engage with a group of supporters to gain a loyal following […]
- TEDxWarwick 2010 « Contemplation
  Lively speaker. I had heard him speak at Exeter before when he was invited by the Oxford Hub. He put forth the cool idea of ColaLife. It was quite predictable that he would get asked the same questions as those that were asked in Exeter.
- The Web Mind of Sebastian Waters - ColaLife.org - AidPod ColaLife is an initiative...
  ColaLife is an initiative to get Coca-Cola to open up its distribution channels in developing countries to save lives, especially children’s lives, by carrying much needed ‘social products’ such as oral rehydration salts and high-dose vitamin A tablets. For the latest on the campaign, please visit the blog. ColaLife is an independent and purely volunta […]