Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.

2,140
homes lit
34%
of field spend
$118
lights one home for about twelve years
Solar light

A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.

How it works

  1. 01

    The village asks

    A council applies and names two people to train as technicians.
  2. 02

    The crew fits

    Two panels, a battery and three lamps per home, usually in one afternoon.
  3. 03

    We come back

    Every kit is checked each spring and the result is published by village.

Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.

2,140
homes lit
34%
of field spend
$118
lights one home for about twelve years
Solar light

A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.

How it works

  1. 01

    The village asks

    A council applies and names two people to train as technicians.
  2. 02

    The crew fits

    Two panels, a battery and three lamps per home, usually in one afternoon.
  3. 03

    We come back

    Every kit is checked each spring and the result is published by village.

Two panels and three lamps per home, fitted by local crews.

2,140
homes lit
34%
of field spend
$118
lights one home for about twelve years
Solar light

A kit costs $118 fitted and lasts about twelve years. We train two people in every village to repair it, and we come back each spring to check the batteries.

How it works

  1. 01

    The village asks

    A council applies and names two people to train as technicians.
  2. 02

    The crew fits

    Two panels, a battery and three lamps per home, usually in one afternoon.
  3. 03

    We come back

    Every kit is checked each spring and the result is published by village.
A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

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$25 lights 3 homes for a year

2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field

A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

Give

Choose your gift

$25 lights 3 homes for a year

2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field

A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

Give

Choose your gift

$25 lights 3 homes for a year

2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field

A light, a tap and a teacher for every mountain village.

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Field notes, four times a year.

One letter each season from the valleys. No appeals in between.

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