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1 MONTH OF EDUCATION$50

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In partnership with community-based organizations and local leaders, LitWorld runs after school LitClubs and school break LitCamp programs in 25 countries, including cities across the United States. 1 month of education means 1 girl can attend classes 5 days a week. Her tuition will be paid in full with this purchase.

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In partnership with community-based organizations and local leaders, LitWorld runs after school LitClubs and school break LitCamp programs in 25 countries, including cities across the United States. 1 month of education means 1 girl can attend classes 5 days a week. Her tuition will be paid in full with this purchase.

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SolarAid

Through our social enterprise, SunnyMoney, we provide access to solar lights in Malawi and Zambia to help catalyze solar markets with renewable light.

590 million people in Africa alone have no access to electricity. Without electricity families have no clean source of light, leaving millions to rely on expensive and dangerous alternatives.

Solar lights are safe, clean and affordable. It is a small, but smart innovation that gives off hours of light in the evening so families can earn, learn and feel safe after dark. Just one lamp can transform the future for an entire family and is the first step out of poverty.

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3 children can study after dark$20

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the problem:

When the sun goes down at 6pm in sub-Saharan Africa, 590 million people are living in darkness. They have no access to electricity. There is no switch on the wall to turn on the light. This is energy poverty. Families have no choice but to rely on poor alternatives such as homemade torches, candles and kerosene lamps. These dangerous devices are imperilling health, impairing education, wasting household income and emitting astonishingly high amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Worst of all, families have to risk their lives every single night with open flames. It doesn’t have to be like this.

Impact

A solar light changes everything. With a solar light, families tell us they save money from reduced spending on lighting alternatives like kerosene, candles, and battery torches. Families tell us that solar lights are predominantly used by children to do their homework after dark. With access to this bright, safe, clean and free light, children are doing an extra hour of homework each day. Each solar light bought by a household in rural Africa results in the elimination of the regular use of one kerosene lamp and this means there is less indoor air pollution.