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ILF Founded
Based in Washington DC, ILF was founded in 2003 as a private, non- profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing cost-effective technologies and self-sustaining interventions in order to enable vulnerable individuals to lift themselves out of poverty -
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International Lifeline Fund's History
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ILF becomes Operational
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Humanitarian program in Uganda
ILF's fuel-efficient stove program in Uganda began as a purely humanitarian initiative to distribute rocket stoves in IDP camps, and remains a humanitarian initiative in certain rural communities -
Purchase of 1st Drilling rig
ILF purchased their first drilling rig and used it to drill bore holes for clean water access in Uganda -
60 Boreholes Drilled
From June, 2006-July 2008, ILF completed the drilling of an additional 60 boreholes -
Darfur, Sudan
ILF started its fuel-efficient stove humanitarian project in the Darfur area of Sudan -
FES initiation in Dadaab
International Lifeline Fund initiated a Fuel Efficient Stove (FES) program in Dadaab, aimed primarily at training refugees how to construct fuel-efficient stoves from locally available materials. -
Tanzania Training
ILF trained local agencies in producing fuel-efficient stoves for the Burundi and Congolese refugees in Tanzania -
15, 585 Stoves Produced!
ILF produced and distributed 15,585 stoves to Sudanese IDPs (internally displaced people) in Darfur -
Commercialization in Lira, Uganda
IFL initiated its first commercialized fuel-efficient stove program in Lira, Uganda by establishing a production center and setting up its initial network of 10 vendors -
40 Boreholes drilled in Uganda
ILF completed the drillings of 40 boreholes in northern Uganda, providing a combined total of 20,000 people access to clean drinking water -
ILF initiates program in Haiti
ILF’s youngest fuel-efficient stove program in Haiti, following the earthquake in January 2010, started implementing household and institutional stove programs primarily in Port-au-Prince. -
ILF Carbon Neutral
ILF became the first NGO in Uganda to become completely carbon neutral -
PCIA Global Leadership Awards Recipients
Lifeline was the recipient of the prestigious PCIA Global Leadership Award for its leadership in four key areas (meeting social and behavioral needs, developing local markets, improving technology design & performance, monitoring impacts of interventions) -
35 Boreholes Drilled
ILF completed the drilling of 35 boreholes, amounting to 15,000 beneficiaries in Uganda -
10,000 FES for the Somali Refugees
ILF produced 10,000 fuel-efficient stoves for the Somali refugees in Dadaab, Kenya and trained 10,000 Somali refugees -
11,000 stoves distributed!
ILF has distributed more than 11,000 household stoves to families living in urban resettlement camps in and around Port-au-Prince.
