Here’s a discussion of the Designs of the Year 2013 exhibition at The Design Museum that was part of BBC Radio 4′s Saturday Review programme hosted by Tom Sutcliffe with guests David Schneider, Ekow Eshun and Kathryn Hughes. The discussion is topped and tailed with mentions of ColaLife. The full programme can be downloaded from the BBC [...]
ColaLife on the BBC World Service – 22/11/12
25 November 2012 by 4 Comments
This is an interview with ColaLife’s Public Health Adviser, Rohit Ramchandani, that went out on the Newsday programme on 22/11/12 at around 5:40 GMT
ColaLife in debate with War on Want – BBC, Monday 12/3/12 at noon (GMT)
11 March 2012 by 2 Comments
This is just a quick blog post to let everyone know that I will be in live debate with John Hilary, the CEO of War on Want on the BBC’s You & Yours programme on Monday 12/3/12. The programme starts at noon (GMT) and you can listen online here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/you-and-yours/ With a bit of luck the [...]
ColaLife Reception | Last call for registrations
29 November 2010 by 2 Comments
Image derived from photo by CogDogBlog Before I make this call, I need to apologise to our Jewish friends for inadvertently holding the ColaLife Reception on the first night of Hanukkah. This was a mistake made by an under-resourced bunch of volunteers. Our apologies. We will put this right next year by running another event [...]
The BBC World Service interview featuring Coca-Cola
10 November 2010 by 1 Comment
For those of you who missed it, the interview (not the whole programme) is now available to listen to again here (9mins).
ColaLife on the BBC World Service this Monday (8/11/10)
5 November 2010 by 9 Comments
It all started with a tweet. This one: Two weeks ago I was driving through Lusaka listening to Claudia Hammond’s ‘Health Check’ programme on the BBC World Service which transmits on FM in Lusaka. At the end of the programme Claudia said she was on Twitter, so I tweeted. A series of exchanges resulted in [...]
Coca-Cola’s commitment to ColaLife – a reminder
25 September 2010 by 10 Comments
Chris Vallance of the BBC and Euan Wilmshurst from Coca-Cola I was able to present ColaLife to the lower school (12-16 year olds) at Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby yesterday. This was organised by friend and long-time ColaLife supporter, Jon Watson who teaches music there. As part of the presentation I played the extract below from [...]
ColaLife, MDCs and Coca-Cola’s Manual Distribution System
15 August 2009 by 7 Comments
This is an assessment of where we have got to in our relationship with Coca-Cola, our understanding of the different mechanisms by which Coca-Cola is distributed in developing countries and the implications for the roll-out of the ColaLife idea. Although the progress we have made is significant, it is evident that we still have a [...]
Yes, I understand. But what about the 20% child mortality?
1 April 2009 by 2 Comments
Image credit: Alison Pearson I knew today was going to be a bit of a challenge. Me, a ‘spare-timer’, going into an environment of development professionals. So although I was prepared I did feel I needed to reassure myself of the child mortality figures one more time. How bad is it really? How do the [...]
ColaLife on BBC (UK) National Radio (27/12/08)
29 December 2008 by 4 Comments
On Saturday, 27/12/08 the BBC ran a 10 minute feature on ColaLife updating the initial interview back in June on the BBC Radio 4 programme, iPM. It includes bits from the original interview in June 2008, an update on progress and the vision from me and a clever audio cut from the frontline video filmed [...]
