Kitchen tables have been important in the development of ColaLife. That’s where we started and that’s where we are now. Despite the incredible progress we are making, the funding and administrative arrangements have been very chaotic over the last few months – and here we explain why. The progress first: Expansion of activities in and […]
DfID Zambia say “yes” to ColaLife Scale-up Plan
29 October 2013 by
We are delighted to announce that DfID Zambia (the UK’s Department for International Development in Zambia) have committed, ahead of other donors, to fund ColaLife’s activities in Zambia until the end of Jun-14. This is fantastic news as it ensures one of our key objectives, that there should be a ‘no-gap’ transition from the current […]
ColaLife wins Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) Stars in Global Health award
26 November 2012 by
ColaLife is delighted to announce that we’ve been selected as recipients of a Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) Stars in Global Health award. So, who is our Star in Global Health? And where does Canada come in? Well, regular readers will know Rohit Ramchandani, our Public Health Advisor. Rohit first contacted us in 2008, saying he’d […]
South Africa, Expressions of Interest and the prototype packaging
1 February 2012 by
The Trademark Southern Africa (TMSA) team | January 2012 Sorry it’s been a bit quiet on the blog but that doesn’t mean there’s been nothing going on – quite the contrary in fact. Here’s a summary of the last week or so. The highlight was the TMSA Retreat in South Africa. As I have explained […]
The ColaLife Office, 11 Katemo Road, Lusaka
16 January 2012 by
This is just a quick note to register the fact that we’ve hit another milestone and have moved into our new office at 11 Katemo Road, Lusaka. We are being hosted by TMSA, a programme of COMESA our accountable body. It feels slightly strange. This is the first office I’ve worked in since leaving Defra […]
Accountable body confirmed and other exciting things
17 December 2011 by
Because ColaLife is new and has no ‘track record’ as an international NGO, DfID Zambia is unable to give their funding directly to us to run the Zambia trial. Instead it will be given to an ‘accountable body’, whose job it is to ensure the money is spent correctly and provide the financial reports required […]
