SolarAid

When the sun goes down at 6pm in sub-Saharan Africa, the day ends for 590 million people. There is no switch on the wall to turn on the light. There is no access to electricity. Instead, families have no choice but to ignite kerosene lamps and paraffin candles, which emit toxic fumes into their lungs and into the earth’s atmosphere.

These alternatives are endangering health, impairing education, wasting income and damaging the planet.

But, it doesn’t have to be this way. With solar lights, we can change the story at a flick of a switch.

42-year-old Nelia Mbewe point at a solar bulb at her home in Kachingwe Village, Kasungu central Malawi on Thursday 29 April 2021

Give the gift of light today

Let’s make light work

When you help get one of our portable solar lights into the hands of a farmer, it means they can sort through their soya beans even after the sun sets.

For a child it means they can get ahead in school because they can actually do their homework in the evening. And for a midwife, it means she can deliver babies safely through the night.

With every light you’re helping to make local enterprise happen. In partnership with our Social Enterprise, SunnyMoney, we’re creating local demand for a solar energy markets, meaning our solar lights can reach people one else is reaching. This approach helps instil trust in new solar technologies, maintain consumer rights and develop lasting sustainable energy legacy.

Real, sustainable change can happen. And it can happen overnight.

Christine Mukuka is a SunnyMoney representative. She travels by bike to some of the country’s most remotest places and sells solar lights for a small profit.

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