The purpose of the Freeplay Energy Group is TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ENERGY FOR ALL, delivering freedom from the dead battery, the electrical power failure or - for most of the world - no electricity at all.

In a tin-shack classroom in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, a group of kids are crowding around the radio for an English lesson. Here electricity is a luxury, not a utility, and few families can afford batteries. And few teachers are fluent in English. So War Child, a British aid agency, purchased enough Freeplay radios to help 150,000 South African children learn English via a daily broadcast lesson.

Meanwhile, in a bold social experiment, the Freeplay radio plant is largely staffed by disabled workers and the Freeplay torch factory by rehabilitated criminals, abused women and the family members of offenders.

Freeplay is setting the agenda for how to combine the quest for innovation with a commitment to social justice. Your purchase makes you a part of a superb fair-trade venture.