DC Preps for Exotic Evening of Dance, Art and Music Benefiting the International Lifeline Fund Thurs. 9/24, RSVP Now!

Please RSVP by Sat. 9/19 - cbrown@lifelinefund.org

International Lifeline Fund

The International Lifeline Fund is a non-profit humanitarian relief organization based in Washington, D.C. In the three short years since it became operational in 2006, this cutting edge organization that has found ways to dramatically reduce human misery and environmental destruction at remarkably low cost. In an effort to get the most bang out of every buck, Lifeline has been promoting cost-effective technologies and self-sustaining programs, which give vulnerable individuals the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty and become productive members of their societies.

Lifeline’s signature initiative involves the promotion of sustainable fuel technologies in regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, which, in the past two decades, have lost approximately one-third of their forest cover. Literally half of this loss is attributable to cooking on an open fire – a method that is extremely hazardous to human health and that retards the living standards of women who must spend countless hours collecting wood. In an effort to address these and other problems associated with open fire cooking, Lifeline has provided some 50,000 fuel-efficient clay stoves to women who have been displaced by violence in Somalia, Darfur, Burundi and Northern Uganda. At a cost of as little as $2 each, these stoves have profoundly improved the lives of scores of thousands and slowed the pace of deforestation by greatly reducing the amount of wood needed for cooking.

Lifeline’s other major initiative is focused on the drastic shortage of clean water in Northern Uganda, where 60% of the population is drinking from stagnant pools and where water borne disease is the leading cause of infant and childhood mortality. To address this problem, Lifeline has constructed over 100 fresh water wells, which are serving the clean water needs of some 100,000 impoverished villagers at a cost of about $3 per person. Additional information about Lifeline’s activities is available on its website at International Lifeline Fund.

Up to now, virtually all of the funding for Lifeline’s activities has been provided by Dan Wolf, Lifeline’s founder and executive director. Dan opted not to seek outside support because he did not want to ask anyone to put their money behind an untested experiment that might not be able to deliver on its promises. Now that the organization now has proven itself able to squeeze as much good out of every penny it spends as is humanly possible, Lifeline is ready to share its success stories with the public and to seek out additional sources of funding that will enable it to sustain and expand its operations.

This effort begins with Lifeline’s “coming out” event on Thursday, September 24 at the Portals Theatre on 1236 Maryland Avenue, S.W. – an evening of art and entertainment at which invited guests will be asked to support Lifeline’s mission through the purchase of any of the magnificent artwork that will be on display or by making a separate individual donation.

RSVP - cbrown@lifelinefund.org