With a solar light, everything changes

School closures due to COVID-19 are hitting the most vulnerable children in Malawi hard. Radio lessons have been developed but widespread energy poverty means a lot of students are lacking radios in their homes. Solar light radios can help students keep up with their education.

Olivia Chivita is a patient at Chipembi Rural Health clinic in Zambia. Like most rural clinics in Zambia, Chipembi is lacking access to stable electricity. Solar home systems have now been installed to light up the clinic, and solar rechargeable medical equipment has been delivered. Olivia, who is pregnant with her second child can now for the first time hear her baby with the help of the solar powered foetal doppler.

For those who take repair into their own hands, they now have guidance to do so. The launch of our new repair App brings repair knowledge to the community, to give people new skills and the power to extend the life of their solar light for themselves and for the planet.