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Solar lights save lives
Solar lights lift millions out of poverty
Solar lights combat global warming
Solar lights improve education and the hopes of a generation
‘SolarAid’ can light up rural Africa
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Solar lights save lives
Switching from a toxic kerosene lamp to a solar light reduces indoor air pollution that kills between
2- 4 million a year, half of whom are under five (WHO). It also reduces the risk of fire and poisoning.
“My kids are well they don’t get sick easily, they are healthy and this is due to the solar light that
doesn’t produce toxic flames.” Charles Mukaya
Solar lights lift millions from poverty
Switching from a toxic kerosene lamp frees up to 20% of household income, providing money for
more nutritious food, education and farming inputs.
“If David Cameron or Barack Obama could eliminate 20% of the cost of running their citizen’s
households, the impact on countries would be transformational. Now imagine the same in the
poorest countries of the world and you can begin to understand why we believe that the solar light is
going to change Africa forever.” - Steve Andrews, CEO, SolarAid
Solar lights improve education and the hopes of a generation
Switching from a toxic kerosene lamp to a solar light allows children to study more at night. Our
research shows that homes with a solar light use it for an extra two hours a night. For a family of
five, that’s an extra two years of light.
“Kerosene was expensive ….I did not allow [my daughter] to study at night … now she is free to study
any time” – Honoratha Elipidi.
Solar lights combat global warming
Switching from a toxic kerosene lamp to a solar light reduces not only C02 but the ‘black carbon’ – or
soot – which contributes to global warming
“There are no magic bullets that will solve all of our greenhouse gas problems, but replacing
kerosene lamps is low-hanging fruit, and we don’t have many examples of that in the climate world,”
Professor Kirk Smith, Nobel Prize Winner
‘SolarAid’ can light up Africa
Building trust in solar lights, and markets through which they can be bought, is the most effective
way to eradicate toxic kerosene from Africa by 2020.
“One of the biggest challenges in getting sustainable energy to the poor is getting to the ‘last mile’ –
those remote rural areas where commercial distribution and retail networks simply don’t exist.
SolarAid’s ingenious distribution methods are getting power to the people who need it the most.” –
Sarah Butler-Sloss, Ashden Founder Director